ICD-10-CM
Z76.5 - Malingerer [conscious simulation]
Code
Z76.5 - Malingerer [conscious simulation]
[Billable] [POA Exempt]
[Billable] [POA Exempt]
Includes
- Person feigning illness (with obvious motivation)
Not Coded Here
Code Tree
Z00-Z99 - Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
- Z69-Z76 - Persons encountering health services in other circumstances
- Z76 - Persons encountering health services in other circumstances
- Z76.0 - Encounter for issue of repeat prescription
- Z76.1 - Encounter for health supervision and care of foundling
- Z76.2 - Encounter for health supervision and care of other healthy infant and child
- Z76.3 - Healthy person accompanying sick person
- Z76.4 - Other boarder to healthcare facility
- Z76.5 - Malingerer [conscious simulation]
- Z76.8 - Persons encountering health services in other specified circumstances
- Z76 - Persons encountering health services in other circumstances
Citation
"Z76.5 - Malingerer [conscious Simulation]." ICD-10-CM, 10th ed., Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the National Center for Health Statistics, 2026. www.unboundmedicine.com/icd/view/ICD-10-CM/877639/all/Z76_5___Malingerer_[conscious_simulation].
Z76.5 - Malingerer [conscious simulation]. ICD-10-CM. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the National Center for Health Statistics; 2026. https://www.unboundmedicine.com/icd/view/ICD-10-CM/877639/all/Z76_5___Malingerer_[conscious_simulation]. Accessed May 15, 2026.
Z76.5 - Malingerer [conscious simulation]. (2026). In ICD-10-CM (10th ed.). Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the National Center for Health Statistics. https://www.unboundmedicine.com/icd/view/ICD-10-CM/877639/all/Z76_5___Malingerer_[conscious_simulation]
Z76.5 - Malingerer [conscious Simulation] [Internet]. In: ICD-10-CM. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the National Center for Health Statistics; 2026. [cited 2026 May 15]. Available from: https://www.unboundmedicine.com/icd/view/ICD-10-CM/877639/all/Z76_5___Malingerer_[conscious_simulation].
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