Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code V60.4
No other household member able to render care
  • 2015
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • ICD-9-CM V60.4 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, V60.4 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
Convert to ICD-10-CM: V60.4 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM Z74.2 Need for assistance at home and no other household member able to render care
V60.4 Excludes
  • holiday relief care (V60.5)
Applies To
  • Person requiring care (has) (is):
    • family member too handicapped, ill, or otherwise unsuited to render care
    • partner temporarily away from home
    • temporarily away from usual place of abode
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to V60.4:
  • Care (of)
    • family member (handicapped) (sick)
      • creating problem for family V61.49
      • provided away from home for holiday relief V60.5
      • unavailable, due to
        • absence (person rendering care) (sufferer) V60.4
        • inability (any reason) of person rendering care V60.4
    • unavailable, due to
      • absence of person rendering care V60.4
      • inability (any reason) of person rendering care V60.4
  • Health
    • services provided because (of)
      • boarding school residence V60.6
      • holiday relief for person providing home care V60.5
      • inadequate
      • lack of housing V60.0
      • no care available in home V60.4
      • person living alone V60.3
      • poverty V60.3
      • residence in institution V60.6
      • specified cause NEC V60.89
      • vacation relief for person providing home care V60.5
  • Inadequate, inadequacy
    • household care, due to
      • family member
        • handicapped or ill V60.4
        • temporarily away from home V60.4
      • technical defects in home V60.1
      • temporary absence from home of person rendering care V60.4
  • Lack of
    • care
      • in home V60.4
      • of adult 995.84
      • of infant (at or after birth) 995.52
    • person able to render necessary care V60.4
  • Living
    • alone V60.3
      • with handicapped person V60.4
  • Person (with)
    • living (in)
      • alone V60.3
      • boarding school V60.6
      • residence remote from hospital or medical care facility V63.0
      • residential institution V60.6
      • without
        • adequate
          • financial resources V60.2
          • housing (heating) (space) V60.1
        • housing (permanent) (temporary) V60.0
        • material resources V60.2
        • person able to render necessary care V60.4
        • shelter V60.0
ICD-9-CM codes are used in medical billing and coding to describe diseases, injuries, symptoms and conditions. ICD-9-CM V60.4 is one of thousands of ICD-9-CM codes used in healthcare. Although ICD-9-CM and CPT codes are largely numeric, they differ in that CPT codes describe medical procedures and services. Can't find a code? Start at the root of ICD-9-CM, check the 2015 ICD-9-CM Index or use the search engine at the top of this page to lookup any code.