Z55-Z65 — Persons with potential health hazards related to socioeconomic and psychosocial circumstances
ICD-10-CM codes Z55-Z65 cover persons with potential health hazards related to socioeconomic and psychosocial circumstances, within factors influencing health status and contact with health services. The block holds 145 codes across 10 categories, of which 117 are billable and 28 are header codes that cannot be submitted on a claim.
What else to watch in Z55-Z65
- 15 codes are named in Medicare coverage policies. An LCD or NCD lists them as supporting medical necessity, or explicitly as not supporting it. Which applies depends on the MAC for your state.
Categories in Z55-Z65
- Z55Problems related to education and literacy
- Z56Problems related to employment and unemployment
- Z57Occupational exposure to risk factors
- Z58Problems related to physical environment
- Z59Problems related to housing and economic circumstances
- Z60Problems related to social environment
- Z62Problems related to upbringing
- Z63Other problems related to primary support group, including family circumstances
- Z64Problems related to certain psychosocial circumstances
- Z65Problems related to other psychosocial circumstances