4/9/2022

Nursing Diagnosis For Gambling

Nursing Diagnosis For Gambling
  1. Nursing Diagnosis For Gambling Disorder

Gambling and betting

Pathologic gambling and problem gambling affect approximately 5 to 15 million Americans and are common in young people. The community-minded family physician is in a good position to identify. Things to remember when dealing with someone addicted to gambling. Gambling can sometimes become an addiction and damage a person’s mental and social health. Even though gamblers rarely come forward for treatment, many gamblers do recognise that they have a problem. Some gamblers may be depressed. A diagnosis of gambling disorder requires at least four of the following during the past year: Need to gamble with increasing amount of money to achieve the desired excitement Restless or irritable when trying to cut down or stop gambling Repeated unsuccessful efforts to control, cut back on or stop gambling.

    201620172018201920202021Billable/Specific CodePOA Exempt
  • Z72.6 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
  • The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM Z72.6 became effective on October 1, 2020.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of Z72.6 - other international versions of ICD-10 Z72.6 may differ.
Type 1 Excludes
Type 1 Excludes Help
A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes. It means 'not coded here'. A type 1 excludes note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as Z72.6. A type 1 excludes note is for used for when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.
  • compulsive or pathological gambling (

    Pathological gambling

      201620172018201920202021Billable/Specific Code
    Type 1 Excludes
    • gambling and betting NOS (Z72.6)
    Type 2 Excludes
    • excessive gambling by manic patients (F30, F31)
    • gambling in antisocial personality disorder (F60.2)
    F63.0)
The following code(s) above Z72.6 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
  • Applicable To annotations, or
  • Code Also annotations, or
  • Code First annotations, or
  • Excludes1 annotations, or
  • Excludes2 annotations, or
  • Includes annotations, or
  • Note annotations, or
  • Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to Z72.6:
  • Z00-Z99
    2021 ICD-10-CM Range Z00-Z99

    Factors influencing health status and contact with health services

    Note
    • 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:
    • (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.
    Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
  • Z72
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Z72

    Problems related to lifestyle

      201620172018201920202021Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
    Type 2 Excludes
    • problems related to life-management difficulty (Z73.-)
    • problems related to socioeconomic and psychosocial circumstances (Z55-Z65)
    Problems related to lifestyle
Approximate Synonyms
  • Gambling
  • Gambling disorder
Present On Admission
POA Help
Diagnosis
'Present On Admission' is defined as present at the time the order for inpatient admission occurs — conditions that develop during an outpatient encounter, including emergency department, observation, or outpatient surgery, are considered POA.
  • Z72.6 is considered exempt from POA reporting.
ICD-10-CM Z72.6 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):
  • 951 Other factors influencing health status

Convert Z72.6 to ICD-9-CM

GamblingCode History
  • 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
  • 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
  • 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
  • 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
  • 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
  • 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
Code annotations containing back-references to Z72.6:
  • Type 1 Excludes: F63.0
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F63.0

    Pathological gambling

      201620172018201920202021Billable/Specific Code
    Type 1 Excludes
    • gambling and betting NOS (Z72.6)
    Type 2 Excludes
    • excessive gambling by manic patients (F30, F31)
    • gambling in antisocial personality disorder (F60.2)
Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to Z72.6:
  • Betting and gamblingZ72.6
  • GamblingZ72.6
  • Problem (with) (related to)
    • life-styleZ72.9
      ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Z72.9

      Problem related to lifestyle, unspecified

        201620172018201920202021Billable/Specific CodePOA Exempt
      • gambling Z72.6
Z71.9 Counseling, unspecified
Z72.0 Tobacco use
Z72.4 Inappropriate diet and eating habits
Z72.51 High risk heterosexual behavior
Z72.53 High risk bisexual behavior
Nursing diagnosis for gambling disorder
Z72.8 Other problems related to lifestyle
Z72.810 Child and adolescent antisocial behavior
Z72.82 Problems related to sleep
Z72.821 Inadequate sleep hygiene
Z72.9 Problem related to lifestyle, unspecified
Z73 Problems related to life management difficulty

Nursing Diagnosis For Gambling Disorder

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.