Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Exempt from present-on-admission (POA) reporting.
Applicable to
Individual (civilian or military) currently deployed in theater or in support of military war, peacekeeping and humanitarian operations
Applies from Z56 Problems related to employment and unemployment
Excludes2 (not included here)
occupational exposure to risk factors (Z57.-)
problems related to housing and economic circumstances (Z59.-)
MS-DRG index
Defines the logic of DRG(s) 951 in MDC 23.
Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)
V60.89 Other specified housing or economic circumstances (approximate)
Medicare Code Edits (MCE v43.1 (April 2026))
Unacceptable principal diagnosis: These codes describe a circumstance which influences care but is not a current illness or injury, or capture only an underlying condition, and are unacceptable as principal diagnosis.
Code annotations containing back-references to Z56.82
Back-references to Z56
Type 2 Excludes: Z72 Problems related to lifestyle ("problems related to socioeconomic and psychosocial circumstances (Z55-Z65)")
Type 2 Excludes: Z73 Problems related to life management difficulty ("problems related to socioeconomic and psychosocial circumstances (Z55-Z65)")
Type 1 Excludes: Z73.3 Stress, not elsewhere classified ("stress related to employment or unemployment (Z56.-)")
Diagnosis Index entries for Z56.82
Deployment (current) (military) status
Deployment (current) (military) status › in theater or in support of military war, peacekeeping and humanitarian operations
Status (post) › deployment (current) (military)
Status (post) › military deployment status (current)
Status (post) › military deployment status (current) › in theater or in support of military war, peacekeeping and humanitarian operations