Is Z59.868 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. Z59.868 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does Z59.868 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).

Z59.868

Z59.868 — Other specified financial insecurity

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z59.868 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified financial insecurity. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Inclusion terms

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

Bankruptcy

Risk adjustment

Z59.868 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 Z59.868 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 Z59.868.

Bankruptcy(anxiety concerning)
Debt, burdensome
Running out of money
Financial problem affecting care NOS›bankruptcy
Financial problem affecting care NOS›strain
Problem›money
Unable to›make ends meet
Problem›economic›strain

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Z59.86. If Z59.868 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about Z59.868

Is Z59.868 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. Z59.868 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does Z59.868 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).