Z59.87 Material hardship due to limited financial resources, not elsewhere classified
Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Exempt from present-on-admission (POA) reporting.
Applicable to
Material deprivation due to limited financial resources
Unable to obtain adequate childcare due to limited financial resources
Unable to obtain adequate clothing due to limited financial resources
Unable to obtain basic needs due to limited financial resources
Excludes2 (not included here)
extreme poverty (Z59.5)
financial insecurity, not elsewhere classified (Z59.86-)
low income (Z59.6)
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 Z59.87
Back-references to Z59.87
Type 2 Excludes: Z59.819 Housing instability, housed unspecified ("material hardship due to limited financial resources, not elsewhere classified (Z59.87)")
Type 2 Excludes: Z59.86 Financial insecurity ("material hardship, not elsewhere classified (Z59.87)")
Back-references to Z59.8
Type 2 Excludes: Z59.12 Inadequate housing utilities ("other problems related to housing and economic circumstances (Z59.8-)")
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 Z59.87
Deprivation › material due to limited financial resources, specified NEC
Hardship, material, due to limited financial resources, specified NEC
Inadequate, inadequacy › material resources due to limited financial resources, specified NEC
Lack of › material resources due to limited financial resources, specified NEC
Unable to › obtain › adequate › childcare due to limited financial resources, specified NEC
Unable to › obtain › adequate › clothing due to limited financial resources, specified NEC
Unable to › obtain › basic › needs due to limited financial resources, specified NEC