Z55.9
Z55.9: Problems related to education and literacy, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Z55.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for problems related to education and literacy, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Z55.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Academic problems NOS
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Educational handicap
- Handicap, handicapped›educational
- Problem›education
- Problem›literacy
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under Z55
- Z55.0Illiteracy and low-level literacy
- 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