Z56.5
Z56.5 — Uncongenial work environment
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Z56.5 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for uncongenial work environment. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Difficult conditions at work
Risk adjustment
Z56.5 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 Z56.5 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 Z56.5.
- Uncongenial work
- Effect, adverse›psychosocial, of work environment
- Effect, adverse›work environment
- Difficult, difficulty›work›conditions NEC
- Problem›employment›environment
- Unsatisfactory›surroundings›work
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z56. If Z56.5 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about Z56.5
- Is Z56.5 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. Z56.5 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does Z56.5 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).