ICD-10-CM · Chapter 21 · Z00–Z99
Z55.5
Less than a high school diploma
Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
Quick facts
- Code
- Z55.5
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 21 — Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
- Category
- Z55 — Problems related to education and literacy
- Specificity
- 4 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM Z55.5 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of less than a high school diploma. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in Z55
- Z55Problems related to education and literacy
- Z55.0Illiteracy and low-level literacy
- Z55.1Schooling unavailable and unattainable
- Z55.2Failed school examinations
- Z55.3Underachievement in school
- Z55.4Educational maladjustment and discord with teachers and classmates
- Z55.6Problems related to health literacy
- Z55.8Other problems related to education and literacy
- Z55.9Problems related to education and literacy, unspecified
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