Z59.5 - Extreme poverty

The ICD 10 Code for Extreme poverty is listed as Z59.5.
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:	Z59.5
Description:	Extreme poverty
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 Z59.5:
Z59.0 - Homelessness
Z59.1 - Inadequate housing
Z59.2 - Discord with neighbors, lodgers and landlord
Z59.3 - Problems related to living in residential institution
Z59.4 - Lack of adequate food and safe drinking water
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