Z58.81

Z58.81: Basic services unavailable in physical environment

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z58.81 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for basic services unavailable in physical environment. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Z58.81 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Inclusion terms

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

Unable to obtain internet service, due to unavailability in geographic area
Unable to obtain telephone service, due to unavailability in geographic area
Unable to obtain utilities, due to inadequate physical environment

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z58.81

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on Z58: Problems related to physical environment

occupational exposure (Z57.-)

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Lack of›basic services in physical environment
Unable to›obtain›internet service, due to unavailability in geographic area
Unable to›obtain›telephone service, due to unavailability in geographic area
Unable to›obtain›utilities, due to inadequate physical environment
Unable to›obtain›basic›services in physical environment

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Z58.8

Z58.89Other problems related to physical environment