Z82.41 is the authoritative medical code for Family history of sudden cardiac death. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for family history of sudden cardiac death (ICD-10-CM Z82.41), ensuring healthcare documentation aligns with 2026 federal coding standards.
Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.
Official Registry Overview & Definition
Family history of sudden cardiac death is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code Z82.41. Code also: any follow-up examination Z08-Z09.
Official Tabular Instructional Notes
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for Z82.41 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.
Code Also
Additional codes that may be required to fully describe the encounter.
- any follow-up examination Z08-Z09
Codes in This Family (16)
Official ICD-10-CM classifications in the same code family as Z82.41, with their registry titles.
- Z82 — Family history of certain disabilities and chronic diseases (leading to disablement)
- Z82.0 — Family history of epilepsy and other diseases of the nervous system
- Z82.1 — Family history of blindness and visual loss
- Z82.2 — Family history of deafness and hearing loss
- Z82.3 — Family history of stroke
- Z82.4 — Family history of ischemic heart disease and other diseases of the circulatory system
- Z82.49 — Family history of ischemic heart disease and other diseases of the circulatory system
- Z82.5 — Family history of asthma and other chronic lower respiratory diseases
- Z82.6 — Family history of arthritis and other diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
- Z82.61 — Family history of arthritis
- Z82.62 — Family history of osteoporosis
- Z82.69 — Family history of other diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
- Z82.7 — Family history of congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
- Z82.71 — Family history of polycystic kidney
- Z82.79 — Family history of other congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
- Z82.8 — Family history of other disabilities and chronic diseases leading to disablement, not elsewhere classified
Indexed Clinical Terms (3)
Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.
- Death (cause unknown) (of) (unexplained) (unspecified cause), cardiac (sudden) (with successful resuscitation), family history of
- History, family (of), cardiac death (sudden)
- History, family (of), sudden, cardiac death
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ICD Code Z83.41
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