Z59.7Insufficient social insurance and welfare support

Z59.7 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for insufficient social insurance and welfare support. It belongs to category Z59 (problems related to housing and economic circumstances), 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 2 subcodes must be used instead.

Within Z59 (problems related to housing and economic circumstances), Z59.7 is specifically for insufficient social insurance and welfare support. Related codes cover homelessness (Z59.0), inadequate housing (Z59.1), discord with neighbors, lodgers and landlord (Z59.2), problems related to living in residential institution (Z59.3), lack of adequate food (Z59.4), extreme poverty (Z59.5), low income (Z59.6), other problems related to housing and economic circumstances (Z59.8) and 1 more.

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: Z59.71 (coverage) and Z59.72 (support).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015, and changed in FY2025 (expanded into subcodes).

Before ICD-10, this condition was coded in ICD-9-CM as V60.2 (inadequate material resources).