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ICD-10/Z59.811

Z59.811 ICD-10-CM Code: Housing instability, housed, with risk of homelessness

Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.

Inpatient Payment Groups (MS-DRG)

MS-DRGs this diagnosis helps define, as principal or secondary, per the CMS ICD-10-CM/PCS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v43.0 (FY2026), Appendix B.

  • MS-DRG 951 — OTHER FACTORS INFLUENCING HEALTH STATUS (MDC 23)

A diagnosis appearing in a group's logic does not by itself determine the DRG assigned to a stay; the grouper uses the full claim.

Code Set: Valid FY2026 and FY2027. FY2026 took effect October 1, 2025.

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Housing instability, housed, with risk of homelessness is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (Z59.811).

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for Z59.811 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.

Inclusion Terms

Alternative terms the tabular list files under this code.

  • Imminent risk of homelessness

Excludes2 — Not Included Here

Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.

  • problems related to upbringing (Z62.-)

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to Z59.811 in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • Z59.7 — Insufficient social insurance and welfare support
  • Z59.71 — Insufficient health insurance coverage
  • Z59.72 — Insufficient welfare support
  • Z59.8 — Other problems related to housing and economic circumstances
  • Z59.81 — Housing instability, housed
  • Z59.812 — Housing instability, housed, homelessness in past 12 months
  • Z59.819 — Housing instability, housed unspecified
  • Z59.82 — Transportation insecurity
  • Z59.86 — Financial insecurity
  • Z59.861 — Financial insecurity, difficulty paying for utilities

View all codes in the Z59 family

Indexed Clinical Terms (2)

Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.

  • Instability, housing, housed, with risk of homelessness
  • Risk, for, homelessness, imminent