Z92.81 Personal history of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)

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

Applies from Z92 Personal history of medical treatment

Excludes2 (not included here)

• postprocedural states (Z98.-)

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• V15.87 History of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)

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 Z92.81

Back-references to Z92

• Type 2 Excludes: Z87.7 Personal history of (corrected) congenital malformations ("personal history of medical treatment (Z92.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for Z92.81

• History › personal (of) › extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)

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