ICD-10-CM Code Z59
Problems related to housing and economic circumstances
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code Z59 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the ten child codes of Z59 that describes the diagnosis 'problems related to housing and economic circumstances' in more detail.
- Z59 Problems related to housing and economic circumstances NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE Z59.0 Homelessness
- BILLABLE Z59.1 Inadequate housing
- BILLABLE Z59.2 Discord with neighbors, lodgers and landlord
- BILLABLE Z59.3 Problems related to living in residential institution
- BILLABLE Z59.4 Lack of adequate food and safe drinking water
- BILLABLE Z59.5 Extreme poverty
- BILLABLE Z59.6 Low income
- BILLABLE Z59.7 Insufficient social insurance and welfare support
- BILLABLE Z59.8 Other problems related to housing and economic circumstances
- BILLABLE Z59.9 Problem related to housing and economic circumstances, unspecified
Coding Notes for Z59 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Type-2 Excludes:
Type-2 Excludes
Type-2 Excludes means the excluded conditions are different, although they may appear similar. A patient may have both conditions, but one does not include the other. Excludes 2 means "not coded here." - Problems related to upbringing - instead, use code Z62.-
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'Z59 - Problems related to housing and economic circumstances'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code Z59. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.