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ICD-10-CM Code for Material hardship Z59.87

ICD-10 code Z59.87 for Material hardship is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Factors influencing health status and contact with health services .

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Official Long Descriptor

Material hardship
Material deprivation
Unable to obtain adequate childcare
Unable to obtain adequate clothing
Unable to obtain adequate utilities
Unable to obtain basic needs
Excludes2: extreme poverty (Z59.5)
financial insecurity, not elsewhere classified (Z59.86)
low income (Z59.6)

Z59

Excludes2: problems related to upbringing (Z62.-)

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