ICD-10-CM › Z00-Z99 › Z55-Z65 › Z59.4 Lack of adequate food › Z59.41
Z59.41
Food insecurity
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 Food insecurity
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 Z59 Problems related to housing and economic circumstances
Excludes2 - not included here
- problems related to upbringing (Z62.-)
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.
- Food > insecurity
- Insecurity > food
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Z59.48 | Other specified lack of adequate food | Valid |