Z59.819

Z59.819: Housing instability, housed unspecified

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z59.819 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for housing instability, housed unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Z59.819 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

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.

extreme poverty (Z59.5)
financial insecurity (Z59.86-)
low income (Z59.6)
material hardship due to limited financial resources, not elsewhere classified (Z59.87)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z59.819

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

Instability›housing›housed

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Z59.81