Z82.61 is the authoritative medical code for Family history of arthritis. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for family history of arthritis (ICD-10-CM Z82.61), 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 arthritis is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code Z82.61. Code also: any follow-up examination Z08-Z09.
Official Tabular Instructional Notes
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for Z82.61 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 Z82.61, 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
- Z82.41 — Family history of sudden cardiac death
- 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
- Z82.62 — 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 (1)
Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.
- History, family (of), arthritis
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