Z56.2 — Threat of job loss
Z56.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for threat of job loss. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z56.2
Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of Z56.2, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.
Other codes that can never be billed with Z56.2
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at Z56.2. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading Z56.2 alone.
- Z73.3Stress, not elsewhere classified
Risk adjustment
Z56.2 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
How Z56.2 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to Z56.2.
- Threatened›job loss, anxiety concerning
- Threatened›loss of job, anxiety concerning
- Threatened›unemployment, anxiety concerning
- Unemployment, anxiety concerning›threatened
- Problem›employment›threat of job loss
- Problem›unemployment›threatened
Code history
Z56.2 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z56. If Z56.2 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about Z56.2
- Is Z56.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. Z56.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does Z56.2 sit in the tabular list?
- Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99), in the block Persons with potential health hazards related to socioeconomic and psychosocial circumstances (Z55-Z65).