Z91.85
Personal history of military service
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 6 never code together
Z91code
Excludes2
- contact with and (suspected) exposures hazardous to health (Z77.-)Z77.-
- exposure to pollution and other problems related to physical environment (Z77.1-)Z77.1-
- female genital mutilation status (N90.81-)N90.81-
- occupational exposure to risk factors (Z57.-)Z57.-
- personal history of physical injury and trauma (Z87.81, Z87.82-)Z87.81Z87.82-
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 6
Z91.85code
Inclusion terms
- Personal history of serving in the armed forces
- Personal history of veteran
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.
Index entries leading here 1
- History
- personal (of) — see also History, family (of)
- military service Z91.85
- personal (of) — see also History, family (of)
Alongside this code 5 same parent — Z91.8
Additional references
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Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.