Z62.21 is a billable/specific and POA-exempt diagnosis code from the 2025 ICD-10-CM used to classify the following condition: Child in welfare custody.
Inclusion term
Child in foster care
Child in welfare guardianship
Versions
2025
No changes
2024
Code changed
Type 2 excludes
problem for parent due to child in welfare custody (Z63.5)
POA exempt status
false
- true
Inclusion term
Child in care of non-parental family memberChild in foster care
- Child in foster care
- Child in welfare guardianship
2023
No changes
2022
No changes
2021
No changes
2020
No changes
2019
No changes
2018
No changes
2017
No changes
2016
New code