Z75.5 Holiday relief care

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

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• V60.5 Holiday relief care

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 Z75.5

Back-references to Z75.5

• Type 1 Excludes: Z51.8 Encounter for other specified aftercare ("holiday relief care (Z75.5)")

Diagnosis Index entries for Z75.5

• Care (of) (for) (following) › family member (handicapped) (sick) › provided away from home for holiday relief
• Care (of) (for) (following) › holiday relief
• Care (of) (for) (following) › respite
• Holiday relief care
• Inadequate, inadequacy › household care, due to › family member › on vacation
• Respite care

Nearby codes

• Z75.0 Medical services not available in home
• Z75.1 Person awaiting admission to adequate facility elsewhere
• Z75.2 Other waiting period for investigation and treatment
• Z75.3 Unavailability and inaccessibility of health-care facilities
• Z75.4 Unavailability and inaccessibility of other helping agencies
• Z75.5 Holiday relief care (this code)
• Z75.8 Other problems related to medical facilities and other health care
• Z75.9 Unspecified problem related to medical facilities and other health care