Z62.821 Parent-adopted child conflict

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Exempt from present-on-admission (POA) reporting.

Applies from Z62 Problems related to upbringing

Includes

• current and past negative life events in childhood
• current and past problems of a child related to upbringing

Excludes2 (not included here)

• maltreatment syndrome (T74.-)
• problems related to housing and economic circumstances (Z59.-)

Applies from Z62.8 Other specified problems related to upbringing

Code also

• , if applicable:
• absence of family member (Z63.3-)
• disappearance and death of family member (Z63.4)
• disruption of family by separation and divorce (Z63.5)
• other specified problems related to primary support group (Z63.8)
• other stressful life events affecting family and household (Z63.7-)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 951 in MDC 23.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• V61.29 Other parent-child problems (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 Z62.821

Back-references to Z62

• Type 2 Excludes: Z59 Problems related to housing and economic circumstances ("problems related to upbringing (Z62.-)")
• Type 2 Excludes: Z63 Other problems related to primary support group, including family circumstances ("parent-child problems (Z62.-)")
• Type 2 Excludes: Z63 Other problems related to primary support group, including family circumstances ("problems related to negative life events in childhood (Z62.-)")
• Type 2 Excludes: Z63 Other problems related to primary support group, including family circumstances ("problems related to upbringing (Z62.-)")
• 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)")

Diagnosis Index entries for Z62.821

• Conflict (with) › parent-child › parent-adopted child
• Problem (with) (related to) › adopted child

Nearby codes

• Z62.814 Personal history of child financial abuse
• Z62.815 Personal history of intimate partner abuse in childhood
• Z62.819 Personal history of unspecified abuse in childhood
• Z62.82 Parent-child conflict
• Z62.820 Parent-biological child conflict
• Z62.821 Parent-adopted child conflict (this code)
• Z62.822 Parent-foster child conflict
• Z62.823 Parent-step child conflict
• Z62.83 Non-parental relative or guardian-child conflict
• Z62.831 Non-parental relative-child conflict
• Z62.832 Non-relative guardian-child conflict