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Z59.10

Z59.10: Inadequate housing, unspecified

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z59.10 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for inadequate housing, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

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

  • Inadequate housing NOS

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z59.10

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

Written on Z59.1: Inadequate housing

  • problems related to the natural and physical environment (Z77.1-)

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

  • Inadequate, inadequacy›housing
  • Lack of›housing›adequate
  • Problem›housing›inadequate
  • Person›living›without›adequate housing

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Z59.1

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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