Z59.19

Other inadequate housing

Billable / specificPOA exempt

Z59.19 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

  • Pest infestation
  • Poor housing weatherization
  • Restriction of space
  • Technical defects in home preventing adequate care
  • Unsatisfactory surroundings

Includes (from Z59)

  • 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.

  • problems related to the natural and physical environment (Z77.1-) (from Z59.1)
  • problems related to upbringing (Z62.-) (from Z59)

Also known as

  • Pest infestation
  • Poor housing weatherization
  • Restriction of space
  • Technical defects in home preventing adequate care
  • Unsatisfactory surroundings
  • Defect, defective, home, technical, preventing adequate care
  • Inadequate, inadequacy, household care, due to, technical defects in home
  • Inadequate, inadequacy, housing, space
  • Inadequate, inadequacy, housing, specified NEC
  • Infestation, pest
  • Poor, housing weatherization
  • Restriction, of housing space
  • Unsatisfactory, surroundings

Parent code

  • Z59.1Inadequate housingHeader

Related codes

  • Z59.10Inadequate housing, unspecifiedBillable
  • Z59.11Inadequate housing environmental temperatureBillable
  • Z59.12Inadequate housing utilitiesBillable

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