Z58.81

Basic services unavailable in physical environment

Billable / specificPOA exempt

Z58.81 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

  • Unable to obtain internet service, due to unavailability in geographic area
  • Unable to obtain telephone service, due to unavailability in geographic area
  • Unable to obtain utilities, due to inadequate physical environment

Includes (from Z58)

  • Note: Z codes represent reasons for encounters. A corresponding procedure code must accompany a Z code if a procedure is performed. Categories Z00-Z99 are provided for occasions when circumstances other than a disease, injury or external cause classifiable to categories A00-Y89 are recorded as 'diagnoses' or 'problems'. This can arise in two main ways:
  • Note: (a) When a person who may or may not be sick encounters the health services for some specific purpose, such as to receive limited care or service for a current condition, to donate an organ or tissue, to receive prophylactic vaccination (immunization), or to discuss a problem which is in itself not a disease or injury.
  • Note: (b) When some circumstance or problem is present which influences the person's health status but is not in itself a current illness or injury.

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • occupational exposure (Z57.-) (from Z58)

Also known as

  • Unable to obtain internet service, due to unavailability in geographic area
  • Unable to obtain telephone service, due to unavailability in geographic area
  • Unable to obtain utilities, due to inadequate physical environment
  • Lack of, basic services in physical environment
  • Unable to, obtain, basic, services in physical environment
  • Unable to, obtain, internet service, due to unavailability in geographic area
  • Unable to, obtain, telephone service, due to unavailability in geographic area
  • Unable to, obtain, utilities, due to inadequate physical environment

Parent code

  • Z58.8Other problems related to physical environmentHeader

Related codes

  • Z58.89Other problems related to physical environmentBillable

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