Z76.82 Awaiting organ transplant status

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

Applicable to

• Patient waiting for organ availability

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• V49.83 Awaiting organ transplant status

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.

Diagnosis Index entries for Z76.82

• Status (post) › awaiting organ transplant
• Transplant (ed) (status) › awaiting organ
• Transplant (ed) (status) › candidate
• Waiting list, person on › for organ transplant

Nearby codes

• Z76.3 Healthy person accompanying sick person
• Z76.4 Other boarder to healthcare facility
• Z76.5 Malingerer [conscious simulation]
• Z76.8 Persons encountering health services in other specified circumstances
• Z76.81 Expectant parent(s) prebirth pediatrician visit
• Z76.82 Awaiting organ transplant status (this code)
• Z76.89 Persons encountering health services in other specified circumstances