Z69.020 Encounter for mental health services for victim of non-parental child abuse

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

Applicable to

• Encounter for mental health services for victim of non-parental child neglect
• Encounter for mental health services for victim of non-parental child psychological abuse
• Encounter for mental health services for victim of non-parental child sexual abuse

Applies from Z69 Encounter for mental health services for victim and perpetrator of abuse

Includes

• counseling for victims and perpetrators of abuse

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• V61.21 Counseling for victim of child abuse (approximate)

Medicare Code Edits (MCE v43.1 (April 2026))

• Pediatric diagnoses (age 0 through 17): Age conflict edit. These diagnoses are clinically expected only in patients age 0 through 17.

Code annotations containing back-references to Z69.020

Back-references to Z69.02

• Type 1 Excludes: Z69.011 Encounter for mental health services for perpetrator of parental child abuse ("encounter for mental health services for non-parental child abuse (Z69.02-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for Z69.020

• Counseling (for) › child abuse › nonparental › victim
• Counseling (for) › victim (of) › child abuse › non-parental
• Encounter (with health service) (for) › mental health services (for) › child abuse › nonparental › victim
• Encounter (with health service) (for) › mental health services (for) › child neglect › nonparental › victim
• Encounter (with health service) (for) › mental health services (for) › child psychological abuse › nonparental › victim
• Encounter (with health service) (for) › mental health services (for) › child sexual abuse › nonparental › victim

Nearby codes

• Z69.0 Encounter for mental health services for child abuse problems
• Z69.01 Encounter for mental health services for parental child abuse
• Z69.010 Encounter for mental health services for victim of parental child abuse
• Z69.011 Encounter for mental health services for perpetrator of parental child abuse
• Z69.02 Encounter for mental health services for non-parental child abuse
• Z69.020 Encounter for mental health services for victim of non-parental child abuse (this code)
• Z69.021 Encounter for mental health services for perpetrator of non-parental child abuse
• Z69.1 Encounter for mental health services for spousal or partner abuse problems
• Z69.11 Encounter for mental health services for victim of spousal or partner abuse
• Z69.12 Encounter for mental health services for perpetrator of spousal or partner abuse
• Z69.8 Encounter for mental health services for victim or perpetrator of other abuse