Z91.82 Personal history of military deployment

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

Applicable to

• Individual (civilian or military) with past history of military war, peacekeeping and humanitarian deployment (current or past conflict)
• Returned from military deployment

Excludes2 (not included here)

• personal history of military service (Z91.85)

Applies from Z91 Personal risk factors, not elsewhere classified

Excludes2 (not included here)

• contact with and (suspected) exposures hazardous to health (Z77.-)
• exposure to pollution and other problems related to physical environment (Z77.1-)
• female genital mutilation status (N90.81-)
• occupational exposure to risk factors (Z57.-)
• personal history of physical injury and trauma (Z87.81, Z87.82-)

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• V15.89 Other specified personal history presenting hazards to health (approximate)

Medicare Code Edits (MCE v43.1 (April 2026))

• Adult diagnoses (age 15 through 124): Age conflict edit. These diagnoses are clinically expected only in patients age 15 through 124.
• 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 Z91.82

Back-references to Z91.82

• Type 2 Excludes: Z91.85 Personal history of military service ("personal history of military deployment (Z91.82)")

Diagnosis Index entries for Z91.82

• Deployment (current) (military) status › personal history of
• Deployment (current) (military) status › personal history of › military war, peacekeeping and humanitarian deployment (current or past conflict)
• Deployment (current) (military) status › returned from
• History › personal (of) › deployment (military)
• History › personal (of) › military deployment
• History › personal (of) › military war, peacekeeping and humanitarian deployment (current or past conflict)

Nearby codes

• Z91.5 Personal history of self-harm
• Z91.51 Personal history of suicidal behavior
• Z91.52 Personal history of nonsuicidal self-harm
• Z91.8 Other specified personal risk factors, not elsewhere classified
• Z91.81 History of falling
• Z91.82 Personal history of military deployment (this code)
• Z91.83 Wandering in diseases classified elsewhere
• Z91.84 Oral health risk factors
• Z91.841 Risk for dental caries, low
• Z91.842 Risk for dental caries, moderate
• Z91.843 Risk for dental caries, high