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Z85.6

Billable

Personal history of leukemia

This code does not map to an HCC category in any model (V28, V24, ESRD, RxHCC).

What This Code Means

A person who previously had leukemia, a blood cancer affecting white blood cells. This code indicates a history of this condition for ongoing monitoring and survivorship care.

Coding Tips

  • •Leukemia codes do not differentiate by type (acute vs. chronic, lymphoid vs. myeloid) in the history category; use the specific type if currently active
  • •This is a history code; active leukemia requires a C-code from the C91-C95 range

Excludes 1 — Do NOT code together

  • leukemia in remission C91.0-C95.9 with 5th character 1

Code Hierarchy

└Z85Personal history of malignant neoplasm└Z85.6Personal history of leukemia
└Z85.6Personal history of leukemia

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