Z59.01

Z59.01: Sheltered homelessness

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z59.01 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for sheltered homelessness. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Z59.01 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Inclusion terms

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

Doubled up
Living in a shelter such as: motel, scattered site housing, temporary or transitional living situation

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z59.01

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

Written on Z59: Problems related to housing and economic circumstances

problems related to upbringing (Z62.-)

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Doubled up
Living in a shelter(motel) (scattered site housing) (temporary or transitional living situation)
Homelessness›sheltered

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Z59.0