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ICD-10-CM Current in FY 2027

Z59.861

Financial insecurity, difficulty paying for utilities

Release
FY 2027
Effective

Hierarchy

Where Z59.861 sits in the official hierarchy. Each level is the code it is classified under.

  1. Z59 Problems related to housing and economic circumstances
  2. Z59.8 Other problems related to housing and economic circumstances
  3. Z59.86 Parent Financial insecurity
  4. Z59.861 This code Financial insecurity, difficulty paying for utilities

Official Coding Notes

Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files. Notes labelled as inherited are declared on a parent code and apply here too.

Inclusion Terms

Difficulty paying for electricity

Inclusion Terms

Difficulty paying for heat

Inclusion Terms

Difficulty paying for oil

Inclusion Terms

Difficulty paying water bill

Inclusion Terms

Utility disconnect notice due to inability to pay

Excludes2

problems related to upbringing ( Z62 .-)

Inherited from Z59 — Problems related to housing and economic circumstances

Excludes2

inadequate housing utilities ( Z59.12 )

Excludes2

extreme poverty ( Z59.5 )

Inherited from Z59.86 — Financial insecurity

Excludes2

low income ( Z59.6 )

Inherited from Z59.86 — Financial insecurity

Excludes2

material hardship, not elsewhere classified ( Z59.87 )

Inherited from Z59.86 — Financial insecurity

Version History

How Z59.861 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.

  1. FY 2027 Effective

    Current

    Financial insecurity, difficulty paying for utilities

  2. FY 2026 Effective

    Unchanged

    Financial insecurity, difficulty paying for utilities

Other codes under Z59.86

Codes whose official notes reference Z59.861

Data Source

Code information on this page is derived from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files published by CDC NCHS and CMS.

Release
FY 2027
Effective
Source file
icd10cm-code-descriptions-2027.zip

Official ICD-10-CM source files (opens in a new tab)

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