ICD-10-CM › Z00-Z99 › Z55-Z65 › Z59.86 Financial insecurity › Z59.861
Z59.861
Financial insecurity, difficulty paying for utilities
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 2026 to now.
- FY2026 Added to the code set Financial insecurity, difficulty paying for utilities
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.
- Inability to > pay for utilities
- Financial problem affecting care NOS > insecurity > paying for utilities
- Unable to > obtain > adequate > utilities due to limited financial resources, specified NEC
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Z59.868 | Other specified financial insecurity | Valid |
| Z59.869 | Financial insecurity, unspecified | Valid |