Z72.820 Sleep deprivation

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

Applicable to

• Lack of adequate sleep

Excludes1 (never code together)

• insomnia (G47.0-)

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)

• V69.4 Lack of adequate sleep

Code annotations containing back-references to Z72.820

Back-references to Z72.820

• Type 2 Excludes: F51.0 Insomnia not due to a substance or known physiological condition ("sleep deprivation (Z72.820)")
• Type 1 Excludes: F51.12 Insufficient sleep syndrome ("sleep deprivation (Z72.820)")

Diagnosis Index entries for Z72.820

• Deprivation › sleep
• Lack of › adequate › sleep
• Lack of › sleep (adequate)
• Sleep › deprivation

Nearby codes

• Z72.8 Other problems related to lifestyle
• Z72.81 Antisocial behavior
• Z72.810 Child and adolescent antisocial behavior
• Z72.811 Adult antisocial behavior
• Z72.82 Problems related to sleep
• Z72.820 Sleep deprivation (this code)
• Z72.821 Inadequate sleep hygiene
• Z72.823 Risk of suffocation (smothering) under another while sleeping
• Z72.89 Other problems related to lifestyle
• Z72.9 Problem related to lifestyle, unspecified