ICD-10-CM · Chapter 21 · Z00–Z99
Z55.6
Problems related to health literacy
Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
Quick facts
- Code
- Z55.6
- 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 Z55.6 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of problems related to health literacy. 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
- Z55.5Less than a high school diploma
- Z55.8Other problems related to education and literacy
- Z55.9Problems related to education and literacy, unspecified
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