Z85.52
Personal history of malignant neoplasm of kidney
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 3 never code together
Z85code
Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 13
Z00-Z99chapter
Notes
- Z codes represent reasons for encounters. A corresponding procedure code must accompany a Z code if a procedure is performed. Categories Z00-Z99 are provided for occasions when circumstances other than a disease, injury or external cause classifiable to categories A00-Y89 are recorded as 'diagnoses' or 'problems'. This can arise in two main ways:Z00-Z99A00-Y89
- (a) When a person who may or may not be sick encounters the health services for some specific purpose, such as to receive limited care or service for a current condition, to donate an organ or tissue, to receive prophylactic vaccination (immunization), or to discuss a problem which is in itself not a disease or injury.
- (b) When some circumstance or problem is present which influences the person's health status but is not in itself a current illness or injury.
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Alongside this code 5 same parent — Z85.5
Z85.50 Personal history of malig neoplm of unsp urinary tract organ Z85.51 Personal history of malignant neoplasm of bladder Z85.53 Personal history of malignant neoplasm of renal pelvis Z85.54 Personal history of malignant neoplasm of ureter Z85.59 Personal history of malig neoplasm of urinary tract organ
Subordinate codes 2
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