Z59.861
Z59.861: Financial insecurity, difficulty paying for utilities
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Z59.861 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for financial insecurity, difficulty paying for utilities. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Z59.861 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes2: 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.
- inadequate housing utilities (Z59.12)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Difficulty paying for electricity
- Difficulty paying for heat
- Difficulty paying for oil
- Difficulty paying water bill
- Utility disconnect notice due to inability to pay
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z59.861
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Written on Z59.86: Financial insecurity
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Inability to›pay for utilities
- Financial problem affecting care NOS›insecurity›paying for utilities(electricity) (heat) (oil) (water bill)
- Unable to›obtain›adequate›utilities due to limited financial resources, specified NEC
Code history
- addedFY2024-FY2027
Financial insecurity, difficulty paying for utilities