ICD-10-CM › Z00-Z99 › Z55-Z65 › Z55 Problems related to education and literacy › Z55.6
Z55.6
Problems related to health literacy
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 2023 to now.
- April 2023 Added to the code set Problems related to health literacy
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.
- Illiteracy > health
- Problem > health literacy
- Problem > completing medical forms
- Difficult, difficulty > understanding > medication instructions
- Difficult, difficulty > understanding > health related information
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 |
| Z55.5 | Less than a high school diploma | Valid |
| Z55.8 | Other problems related to education and literacy | Valid |
| Z55.9 | Problems related to education and literacy, unspecified | Valid |