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ICD-10 diagnosis code

Z59.1 Inadequate housing

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Z59.1 is the ICD-10 code for Inadequate housing. It is a four-character subcategory of Z59 (Problems related to housing and economic circumstances), the most specific level in the WHO edition. It belongs to the block Z55–Z65 (Persons with potential health hazards related to socioeconomic and psychosocial circumstances) in Chapter XXI, Factors influencing health status and contact with health services.

Code type
Subcategory (4 characters)
Chapter
XXI · Z00–Z99
Classification
WHO ICD-10, 2019 version

What Z59.1 includes

Conditions and terms that are coded here.

  • Lack of heating
  • Restriction of space
  • Technical defects in home preventing adequate care
  • Unsatisfactory surroundings

What Z59.1 excludes

Conditions that look similar but belong under another code.

  • problems related to physical environment Z58.-

Z59.1 in national editions

Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.

SwedenICD-10-SE

Z59.1Dåliga bostadsförhållanden

NorwayICD-10-NO

Z59.1Problem med dårlige boforhold

DenmarkICD-10-DK

DZ591Problem med dårlige boligforhold

FinlandICD-10-FI

Z59.1Huonot asumisolot

FranceICD-10-FR

Z59.1Logement inadéquat

  • Z59.10Logement insalubre ou impropre à l’habitation
  • Z59.11Logement sans confort
  • Z59.12Logement inadéquat du fait de l’état de santé de la personne
  • Z59.13Logement en habitat temporaire ou de fortune
  • Z59.18Logements inadéquats, autres et non précisés
NetherlandsICD-10-NL

Z59.1inadequate behuizing

United StatesICD-10-CM

Listed through more specific codes:

  • Z59.10Inadequate housing, unspecified
  • Z59.11Inadequate housing environmental temperature
  • Z59.12Inadequate housing utilities
  • Z59.19Other inadequate housing

Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.

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