Z74.1 ICD-10-CM Code: Need for assistance with personal care
Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.
Inpatient Payment Groups (MS-DRG)
MS-DRGs this diagnosis helps define, as principal or secondary, per the CMS ICD-10-CM/PCS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v43.0 (FY2026), Appendix B.
- MS-DRG 951 — OTHER FACTORS INFLUENCING HEALTH STATUS (MDC 23)
A diagnosis appearing in a group's logic does not by itself determine the DRG assigned to a stay; the grouper uses the full claim.
Code Set: Valid FY2026 and FY2027. FY2026 took effect October 1, 2025.
Official Registry Overview & Definition
Official Tabular Instructional Notes
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for Z74.1 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.
Excludes2 — Not Included Here
Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.
- dependence on enabling machines or devices NEC (Z99.-)
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to Z74.1 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- Z74 — Problems related to care provider dependency
- Z74.0 — Reduced mobility
- Z74.01 — Bed confinement status
- Z74.09 — Other reduced mobility
- Z74.2 — Need for assistance at home and no other household member able to render care
- Z74.3 — Need for continuous supervision
- Z74.8 — Other problems related to care provider dependency
- Z74.9 — Problem related to care provider dependency, unspecified
Indexed Clinical Terms (2)
Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.
- Dependence (on) (syndrome), on, care provider (because of), need for, assistance with personal care
- Need (for), care provider because (of), assistance with personal care