Z59
Z59: Problems related to housing and economic circumstances
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
Z59 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for problems related to housing and economic circumstances. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- problems related to upbringing (Z62.-)
Other codes that can never be billed with Z59
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead Z59
10 child codes. Green means billable.
- Z59.0Homelessness
- Z59.1Inadequate housing
- Z59.2Discord with neighbors, lodgers and landlord
- Z59.3Problems related to living in residential institution
- Z59.4Lack of adequate food
- Z59.5Extreme poverty
- Z59.6Low income
- Z59.7Insufficient social insurance and welfare support
- Z59.8Other problems related to housing and economic circumstances
- Z59.9Problem related to housing and economic circumstances, unspecified