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Child Neglect, Suspected
995.52 (T76.02XA) Initial encounter
995.52 (T76.02XD) Subsequent encounter
Other Circumstances Related to Child Neglect
V61.21 (Z69.010) Encounter for mental health servic es for victim of child neglect by
parent
V61.21 (Z69.020) Encounter for mental health servic es for victim of nonparental child
neglect
V15.42 (Z62.812) Personal history (past history) of neglect in childhood
V61.22 (Z69.011) Encounter for mental health services for perpetrator of parental child
neglect
V62.83 (Z69.021) Encounter for mental health servic es for perpetrator of nonparental
child neglect
Child Psychological Abuse
Child psychological abuse is nonaccidental verb al or symbolic acts by a child’s parent or
caregiver that result, or have reasonable potential to result, in significant psychological
harm to the child. (Physical and sexual abusive acts are not included in this category.) Ex-
amples of psychological abuse of a child include berating, disparaging, or humiliating
the child; threatening the child; harming/abandoning—or indicating that the alleged
offender will harm/abandon—people or things  that the child cares about; confining the
child (as by tying a child’s arms or legs togeth er or binding a child to furniture or another
object, or confining a child to a small enclosed  area [e.g., a closet]); egregious scapegoating
of the child; coercing the child to inflict pain  on himself or herself; and disciplining the
child excessively (i.e., at an extremely high fr equency or duration, even if not at a level of