Z55.8

Z55.8: Other problems related to education and literacy

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z55.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other problems related to education and literacy. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Problems related to inadequate teaching

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z55.8

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on Z55: Problems related to education and literacy

disorders of psychological development (F80-F89)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Educational handicap›specified NEC
Inadequate, inadequacy›teaching affecting education
Problem›academic
Problem›inadequate teaching affecting education
Difficult, difficulty›spelling›due to inadequate teaching
Handicap, handicapped›educational›specified NEC
Problem›education›specified NEC
Problem›literacy›specified NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Z55