Other upbringing away from parents

This code describes a patient's personal history of being raised in an environment other than with their biological or adoptive parents, encompassing various non-parental care arrangements. It signifies a past experience of being brought up by individuals or institutions other than the primary parental figures.

Use this code when documenting a patient's historical psychosocial factors, specifically when their upbringing involved foster care, kinship care (e.g., by grandparents, aunts/uncles), or institutional settings like orphanages or group homes. This code is appropriate when the specific type of non-parental upbringing is not covered by more specific Z62 codes.

• Assign this code as a secondary diagnosis to provide context for a patient's psychosocial history.
• Do not use this code for temporary separations or short-term childcare arrangements.
• Consider more specific Z62 codes (e.g., Z62.21 for institutional upbringing) if the documentation allows.