Z59.19

Z59.19: Other inadequate housing

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z59.19 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other inadequate housing. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Z59.19 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Inclusion terms

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

Pest infestation
Poor housing weatherization
Restriction of space
Technical defects in home preventing adequate care
Unsatisfactory surroundings

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z59.19

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

Defect, defective›home, technical, preventing adequate care
Infestation›pest
Poor›housing weatherization
Restriction›of housing space
Unsatisfactory›surroundings
Inadequate, inadequacy›household care, due to›technical defects in home
Inadequate, inadequacy›housing›space
Inadequate, inadequacy›housing›specified NEC
Person›living›without›adequate housing›space

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Z59.1