2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Z56.89

Other problems related to employment

ICD-10-CM Code:
Z56.89
ICD-10 Code for:
Other problems related to employment
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
Code Navigator:

Code Classification

  • Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
    (Z00–Z99)
    • Persons with potential health hazards related to socioeconomic and psychosocial circumstances
      (Z55-Z65)
      • Problems related to employment and unemployment
        (Z56)

Z56.89 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of other problems related to employment. The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2023 through September 30, 2024. The code is exempt from present on admission (POA) reporting for inpatient admissions to general acute care hospitals.

This code describes a circumstance which influences the patient's health status but not a current illness or injury. The code is unacceptable as a principal diagnosis.

Approximate Synonyms

The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:

  • Absent for social reasons
  • Absenteeism
  • Absenteeism
  • Absenteeism
  • Absenteeism
  • Absenteeism at work
  • Acceptance of authority at work - finding
  • Acceptance of supervision at work - finding
  • Acroosteolysis
  • Acroosteolysis
  • Attendance at work - finding
  • Attendance at work - finding
  • Attendance at work - finding
  • Attendance at work - finding
  • Business ceased - financial
  • Business ceased - personal
  • Business worries
  • Career choice problem
  • Career frustration
  • Demoted at work
  • Difficulty adjusting to work situation
  • Difficulty undertaking voluntary work
  • Difficulty with performing work activities
  • Dismissed from job
  • Dissatisfied with job
  • Does not adjust to work situation
  • Employment problem
  • Employment problem
  • Excess sick leave
  • Finding related to ability to undertake voluntary work
  • Finding related to ability to undertake voluntary work
  • Finding related to awareness of safety at work
  • Forced retirement
  • Job satisfaction finding
  • Job seeking history
  • Job training needed
  • Loss of job
  • Loss of job
  • Loss of job
  • Loss of job
  • Made redundant
  • Medical problems at work
  • Mentally unfit to return to work
  • No prospect of promotion
  • Occupational acroosteolysis
  • Occupational acroosteolysis
  • Occupational disorder of upper limb
  • Occupational maladjustment
  • Partnership problems
  • Pattern of absenteeism from present employment
  • Pattern of absenteeism from previous employment
  • Permanently unable to perform work activities due to medical condition
  • Physically unfit to return to work
  • Poor acceptance of authority at work
  • Poor acceptance of supervision at work
  • Poor awareness of safety at work
  • Poor work record
  • Prospects of promotion - finding
  • Refused employment on medical grounds
  • Regularity of work - finding
  • Restricted work performance
  • Retired
  • Stopped work
  • Suspended from work
  • Temporarily unable to perform work activities due to medical condition
  • Unable to adjust to work situation
  • Unable to undertake voluntary work
  • Unfair dismissal from job
  • Unfit for particular post
  • Unfit for work
  • Unfit to return to work
  • Unhappy at work
  • Unpaid work
  • Vinyl chloride disease
  • Voluntarily redundant
  • Work environment deleterious
  • Work maladjustment problem
  • Works irregularly

Clinical Classification

Clinical Information

  • Absenteeism

    chronic absence from work or other duty.
  • Acroosteolysis

    a condition that is characterized by degeneration of the distal phalanges.

Index to Diseases and Injuries References

The following annotation back-references for this diagnosis code are found in the injuries and diseases index. The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10-CM code(s).

Code Edits

The Medicare Code Editor (MCE) detects and reports errors in the coding of claims data. The following ICD-10-CM Code Edits are applicable to this code:

  • Unacceptable principal diagnosis - There are selected codes that describe a circumstance which influences an individual's health status but not a current illness or injury, or codes that are not specific manifestations but may be due to an underlying cause. These codes are considered unacceptable as a principal diagnosis.

Present on Admission (POA)

Z56.89 is exempt from POA reporting - The Present on Admission (POA) indicator is used for diagnosis codes included in claims involving inpatient admissions to general acute care hospitals. POA indicators must be reported to CMS on each claim to facilitate the grouping of diagnoses codes into the proper Diagnostic Related Groups (DRG). CMS publishes a listing of specific diagnosis codes that are exempt from the POA reporting requirement. Review other POA exempt codes here.

CMS POA Indicator Options and Definitions

POA IndicatorReason for CodeCMS will pay the CC/MCC DRG?
YDiagnosis was present at time of inpatient admission.YES
NDiagnosis was not present at time of inpatient admission.NO
UDocumentation insufficient to determine if the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission.NO
WClinically undetermined - unable to clinically determine whether the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission.YES
1Unreported/Not used - Exempt from POA reporting. NO

Convert Z56.89 to ICD-9-CM

  • ICD-9-CM Code: V62.1 - Adverse eff-work environ
    Approximate Flag - The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code.

Patient Education


Occupational Health

Occupational health problems occur at work or because of the kind of work you do. These problems can include:

  • Cuts, fractures (broken bones), and sprains and strains
  • Loss of limbs
  • Repetitive motion disorders
  • Hearing problems caused by exposure to noise
  • Vision problems
  • Illness caused by breathing, touching, or swallowing unsafe substances
  • Illness caused by exposure to radiation
  • Exposure to germs in health care settings

Good job safety and prevention practices can reduce your risk of these problems. Try to stay fit, reduce stress, set up your work area properly, and use the right equipment and gear.


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Code History

  • FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
  • FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
  • FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
  • FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
  • FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
  • FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
  • FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
  • FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
  • FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.