Z55.0
Z55.0: Illiteracy and low-level literacy
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Z55.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for illiteracy and low-level literacy. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Z55.0 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberRisk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Illiteracy
- Low›level of literacy
- Problem›illiteracy
- Problem›literacy›low level
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under Z55
- Z55.1Schooling unavailable and unattainable
- Z55.2Failed school examinations
- Z55.3Underachievement in school
- Z55.4Educational maladjustment and discord with teachers and classmates
- Z55.5Less than a high school diploma
- Z55.6Problems related to health literacy
- Z55.8Other problems related to education and literacy
- Z55.9Problems related to education and literacy, unspecified