Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Complication or Comorbidity (CC) as a secondary diagnosis. Exempt from present-on-admission (POA) reporting.
Applies from Z59 Problems related to housing and economic circumstances
Excludes2 (not included here)
problems related to upbringing (Z62.-)
MS-DRG index
Defines the logic of DRG(s) 951 in MDC 23.
Medicare Code Edits (MCE v43.1 (April 2026))
Unacceptable principal diagnosis: These codes describe a circumstance which influences care but is not a current illness or injury, or capture only an underlying condition, and are unacceptable as principal diagnosis.
Code annotations containing back-references to Z59.00
Back-references to Z59.0
Type 1 Excludes: Z76.4 Other boarder to healthcare facility ("homelessness (Z59.0-)")
Back-references to Z59
Type 2 Excludes: Z56 Problems related to employment and unemployment ("problems related to housing and economic circumstances (Z59.-)")
Type 2 Excludes: Z62 Problems related to upbringing ("problems related to housing and economic circumstances (Z59.-)")
Type 2 Excludes: Z72 Problems related to lifestyle ("problems related to socioeconomic and psychosocial circumstances (Z55-Z65)")
Type 2 Excludes: Z73 Problems related to life management difficulty ("problems related to socioeconomic and psychosocial circumstances (Z55-Z65)")
Diagnosis Index entries for Z59.00
Hobo
Homelessness
Lack of › housing (permanent) (temporary)
Migrant, social
Migratory, migrating › person
Nomad, nomadism
Person (with) › living (in) › without › housing (permanent) (temporary)
Problem (with) (related to) › homelessness
Social › migrant
Tramp
Transient (meaning homeless)
Vagabond, vagabondage
Vagrancy
Nearby codes
Z59 Problems related to housing and economic circumstances