Z63.71 Stress on family due to return of family member from military deployment

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

Applicable to

• Individual or family affected by family member having returned from military deployment (current or past conflict)

Applies from Z63 Other problems related to primary support group, including family circumstances

Excludes2 (not included here)

• maltreatment syndrome (T74.-, T76)
• parent-child problems (Z62.-)
• problems related to negative life events in childhood (Z62.-)
• problems related to upbringing (Z62.-)

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• V61.8 Other specified family 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 Z63.71

Back-references to Z63.71

• Type 1 Excludes: Z63.31 Absence of family member due to military deployment ("family disruption due to return of family member from military deployment (Z63.71)")

Back-references to Z63.7

• Code Also: Z62.8 Other specified problems related to upbringing ("other stressful life events affecting family and household (Z63.7-)")
• Type 2 Excludes: Z71.0 Person encountering health services to consult on behalf of another person ("anxiety (normal) about sick person in family (Z63.7)")

Back-references to Z63

• 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 Z63.71

• Disruption (of) › family › due to › return of family member from military deployment (current or past conflict)

Nearby codes

• Z63.32 Other absence of family member
• Z63.4 Disappearance and death of family member
• Z63.5 Disruption of family by separation and divorce
• Z63.6 Dependent relative needing care at home
• Z63.7 Other stressful life events affecting family and household
• Z63.71 Stress on family due to return of family member from military deployment (this code)
• Z63.72 Alcoholism and drug addiction in family
• Z63.79 Other stressful life events affecting family and household
• Z63.8 Other specified problems related to primary support group
• Z63.9 Problem related to primary support group, unspecified