Z72.810 Child and adolescent antisocial behavior

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

Applicable to

• Antisocial behavior (child) (adolescent) without manifest psychiatric disorder
• Delinquency NOS
• Group delinquency
• Offenses in the context of gang membership
• Stealing in company with others
• Truancy from school

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)

Applies from Z72.81 Antisocial behavior

Excludes1 (never code together)

• conduct disorders (F91.-)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 880 in MDC 19.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• V71.02 Observation for childhood or adolescent antisocial behavior (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 Z72.810

Back-references to Z72.81

• Type 1 Excludes: F91 Conduct disorders ("antisocial behavior (Z72.81-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for Z72.810

• Behavior › antisocial › child or adolescent
• Delinquency (juvenile) (neurotic) › group
• Gang › membership offenses
• Stealing › child problem › in company with others
• Truancy, childhood › from school

Nearby codes

• Z72.52 High risk homosexual behavior
• Z72.53 High risk bisexual behavior
• Z72.6 Gambling and betting
• Z72.8 Other problems related to lifestyle
• Z72.81 Antisocial behavior
• Z72.810 Child and adolescent antisocial behavior (this code)
• Z72.811 Adult antisocial behavior
• Z72.82 Problems related to sleep
• Z72.820 Sleep deprivation
• Z72.821 Inadequate sleep hygiene
• Z72.823 Risk of suffocation (smothering) under another while sleeping