ICD-10-CM › Z00-Z99 › Z55-Z65 › Z55 Problems related to education and literacy › Z55.5
Z55.5
Less than a high school diploma
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2022 to now.
- FY2022 Added to the code set Less than a high school diploma
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from Z55 Problems related to education and literacy
Excludes1 - never coded here
- disorders of psychological development (F80-F89)
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Less than a high school diploma
- No > general equivalence degree
- Educational handicap > no general equivalence degree
- Educational handicap > less than a high school diploma
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Z55.0 | Illiteracy and low-level literacy | Valid |
| Z55.1 | Schooling unavailable and unattainable | Valid |
| Z55.2 | Failed school examinations | Valid |
| Z55.3 | Underachievement in school | Valid |
| Z55.4 | Educational maladjustment and discord with teachers and classmates | Valid |
| Z55.6 | Problems related to health literacy | Valid |
| Z55.8 | Other problems related to education and literacy | Valid |
| Z55.9 | Problems related to education and literacy, unspecified | Valid |