Z59.4 - Lack of adequate food and safe drinking water

The ICD 10 Code for Lack of adequate food and safe drinking water is listed as Z59.4.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field	Value
Diagnosis Code:	Z59.4
Description:	Lack of adequate food and safe drinking water Inadequate drinking water supply Excludes1: effects of hunger (T73.0) inappropriate diet or eating habits (Z72.4) malnutrition (E40-E46)
Diagnostic Related Groups (MS-DRG v30.0)	951 - Other Factors Influencing Health Status

Chapter	Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99)
Block	Persons with potential health hazards related to socioeconomic and psychosocial circumstances (Z55-Z65)
Parent	Z59 - Problems related to housing and economic circumstances
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code:	V60.2 - Inadequate material resources (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of Z59.4:
Z59.0 - Homelessness
Z59.1 - Inadequate housing
Z59.2 - Discord with neighbors, lodgers and landlord
Z59.3 - Problems related to living in residential institution
Z59.5 - Extreme poverty
Z59.6 - Low income
Z59.7 - Insufficient social insurance and welfare support
Z59.8 - Other problems related to housing and economic circumstances
Z59.9 - Problem related to housing and economic circumstances, unspecified