`Z86.012` Personal history of benign carcinoid tumor

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

Applies from Z86 Personal history of certain other diseases

Code first

any follow-up examination after treatment (Z09)

Applies from Z86.0 Personal history of in-situ and benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain behavior

Excludes2 (not included here)

personal history of malignant neoplasms (Z85.-)

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

V13.89 Personal history of other specified diseases (approximate)

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 Z86.012

Back-references to Z86.01

Type 2 Excludes: Z85 Personal history of malignant neoplasm ("personal history of benign neoplasm (Z86.01-)")

Back-references to Z86

Use Additional: Z09 Encounter for follow-up examination after completed treatment for conditions other than malignant neoplasm ("code to identify any applicable history of disease code (Z86.-, Z87.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for Z86.012

History › personal (of) › benign carcinoid tumor
History › personal (of) › benign neoplasm › carcinoid

Nearby codes

Z86.0100 Personal history of colon polyps, unspecified
Z86.0101 Personal history of adenomatous and serrated colon polyps
Z86.0102 Personal history of hyperplastic colon polyps
Z86.0109 Personal history of other colon polyps
Z86.011 Personal history of benign neoplasm of the brain
Z86.012 Personal history of benign carcinoid tumor (this code)
Z86.018 Personal history of other benign neoplasm
Z86.03 Personal history of neoplasm of uncertain behavior
Z86.1 Personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases
Z86.11 Personal history of tuberculosis
Z86.12 Personal history of poliomyelitis