Z60.8

Z60.8: Other problems related to social environment

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

Z60.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other problems related to social environment. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

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

Inadequate social support
Lack of emotional support

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

Z60.8 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A57130Billing and Coding: Psychiatric Codes

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Lack of›emotional support
Inadequate, inadequacy›social›social support
Maladjustment›social›due to›specified reason NEC
Problem›social›environment›specified NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.