Z59.1
Z59.1 — Inadequate housing
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
Z59.1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for inadequate housing. 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 the natural and physical environment (Z77.1-)
Risk adjustment
Z59.1 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.
Code to one of these instead Z59.1
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z59. If Z59.1 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- Z59.0Homelessness
- 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
Questions about Z59.1
- Is Z59.1 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. Z59.1 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does Z59.1 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).