Housing instability, housed

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2022 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

Z59.811 Housing instability, housed, with risk of homelessness
Z59.812 Housing instability, housed, homelessness in past 12 months
Z59.819 Housing instability, housed unspecified

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2022 to now.

FY2022 Added to the code set Housing instability, housed

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.

Past due on rent or mortgage
Unwanted > multiple moves in the last 12 months
Financial problem affecting care NOS > foreclosure on loan > home loan

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
Z59.82	Transportation insecurity	Valid
Z59.86	Financial insecurity	Not billable
Z59.87	Material hardship due to limited financial resources, not elsewhere classified	Valid
Z59.89	Other problems related to housing and economic circumstances	Valid