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Z60

Problems related to social environment

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, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 7 more specific codes instead:

  • Z60.0 Problems of adjustment to life-cycle transitions
  • Z60.2 Problems related to living alone
  • Z60.3 Acculturation difficulty
  • Z60.4 Social exclusion and rejection
  • Z60.5 Target of (perceived) adverse discrimination and persecution
  • Z60.8 Other problems related to social environment
  • Z60.9 Problem related to social environment, unspecified

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Problems related to social environment