Z59.87 — Material hardship due to limited financial resources, not elsewhere classified
Z59.87 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for material hardship due to limited financial resources, not elsewhere classified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
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.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Material deprivation due to limited financial resources
- Unable to obtain adequate childcare due to limited financial resources
- Unable to obtain adequate clothing due to limited financial resources
- Unable to obtain basic needs due to limited financial resources
Risk adjustment
Z59.87 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 Z59.87 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 Z59.87.
- Hardship, material, due to limited financial resources, specified NEC
- Deprivation›material due to limited financial resources, specified NEC
- Inadequate, inadequacy›material resources due to limited financial resources, specified NEC
- Lack of›material resources due to limited financial resources, specified NEC
- Unable to›obtain›adequate›childcare due to limited financial resources, specified NEC
- Unable to›obtain›adequate›clothing due to limited financial resources, specified NEC
- Unable to›obtain›basic›needs due to limited financial resources, specified NEC
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z59.8. If Z59.87 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about Z59.87
- Is Z59.87 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. Z59.87 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does Z59.87 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).