Is Z59.811 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. Z59.811 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does Z59.811 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).

Z59.811

Z59.811 — Housing instability, housed, with risk of homelessness

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z59.811 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for housing instability, housed, with risk of homelessness. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Inclusion terms

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

Imminent risk of homelessness

Risk adjustment

Z59.811 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.

How Z59.811 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to Z59.811.

Risk›for›homelessness, imminent
Instability›housing›housed›with risk of homelessness

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Z59.81. If Z59.811 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about Z59.811

Is Z59.811 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. Z59.811 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does Z59.811 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).