Z56Problems related to employment and unemployment

Z56 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for problems related to employment and unemployment. It belongs to block Z55-Z65 (persons with potential health hazards related to socioeconomic and psychosocial circumstances) and chapter 21 (factors influencing health status and contact with health services). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 9 subcodes must be used instead.

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: Z56.0 (unspecified), Z56.1 (job), Z56.2 (loss), Z56.3 (schedule), Z56.4 (workmates), Z56.5 (environment), Z56.6 (work), Z56.8 (employment) and 1 more.

The conditions in its Excludes2 note aren't part of Z56, but may be coded alongside it if the patient has both: occupational exposure to risk factors (Z57.-) and problems related to housing and economic circumstances (Z59.-).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.