ICD-10-CM Code Z91.81
History of falling

BILLABLE

Billable Code

Billable codes are sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis.

POA Exempt

POA Exempt Code

The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requires medical coders to indicate whether or not a condition was present at the time of admission, in order to properly assign MS-DRG codes. This "Present On Admission" (POA) indicator is recorded on CMS form 4010A.

| ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016

Z91.81 is a billable ICD code used to specify a diagnosis of history of falling. A 'billable code' is detailed enough to be used to specify a medical diagnosis.

POA Indicators on CMS form 4010A are as follows:

Indicator	Meaning	CMS Will Pay CC/MCC DRG Costs
Y	Diagnosis was present at time of inpatient admission	Yes
N	Diagnosis was not present at time of inpatient admission	No
U	Documentation insufficient to determine if the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission.	No
W	Clinically undetermined. Provider unable to clinically determine whether the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission.	Yes
1	Exempt from POA reporting	No

Coding Notes for Z91.81 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code

Inclusion Terms: Inclusion Terms Inclusion Terms are a list of concepts for which a specific code is used. The list of Inclusion Terms is useful for determining the correct code in some cases, but the list is not necessarily exhaustive.: At risk for falling

MS-DRG Mapping

DRG Group #951 - Other factors influencing health status.

Coding Advice SNOMET-CT

Consider additional code to identify specific condition or disease

ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'Z91.81 - History of falling'

The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code Z91.81. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.

At risk +

Problem(with) (related to) +

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Equivalent ICD-9 Code GENERAL EQUIVALENCE MAPPINGS (GEM)

V15.88

History of fall (exact match)

This is the official exact match mapping between ICD9 and ICD10, as provided by the General Equivalency mapping crosswalk. This means that in all cases where the ICD9 code V15.88 was previously used, Z91.81 is the appropriate modern ICD10 code.

Parent Code: Z91.8 - Other specified personal risk factors, not elsewhere classified

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ICD-10-CM Code Z91.81 History of falling