Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Exempt from present-on-admission (POA) reporting.
Excludes1 (never code together)
compulsive or pathological gambling (F63.0)
Applies from Z72 Problems related to lifestyle
Excludes2 (not included here)
problems related to life-management difficulty (Z73.-)
problems related to socioeconomic and psychosocial circumstances (Z55-Z65)
MS-DRG index
Defines the logic of DRG(s) 951 in MDC 23.
Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)
V69.3 Gambling and betting
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 Z72.6
Back-references to Z72.6
Type 1 Excludes: F63.0 Pathological gambling ("gambling and betting NOS (Z72.6)")
Diagnosis Index entries for Z72.6
Betting and gambling
Gambling
Problem (with) (related to) › life-style › gambling