Z73.812 Behavioral insomnia of childhood, combined type

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

Applies from Z73 Problems related to life management difficulty

Excludes2 (not included here)

• 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)

• V69.5 Behavioral insomnia of childhood (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.
• 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 Z73.812

Back-references to Z73

• Type 2 Excludes: Z72 Problems related to lifestyle ("problems related to life-management difficulty (Z73.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for Z73.812

• Insomnia (organic) › behavioral, of childhood › combined type

Nearby codes

• Z73.6 Limitation of activities due to disability
• Z73.8 Other problems related to life management difficulty
• Z73.81 Behavioral insomnia of childhood
• Z73.810 Behavioral insomnia of childhood, sleep-onset association type
• Z73.811 Behavioral insomnia of childhood, limit setting type
• Z73.812 Behavioral insomnia of childhood, combined type (this code)
• Z73.819 Behavioral insomnia of childhood, unspecified type
• Z73.82 Dual sensory impairment
• Z73.89 Other problems related to life management difficulty
• Z73.9 Problem related to life management difficulty, unspecified