Z59.87

Z59.87: Material hardship due to limited financial resources, not elsewhere classified

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

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.

Check Z59.87 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, not elsewhere classified (Z59.86-)
low income (Z59.6)

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

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z59.87

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

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

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.