2027 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Z60Problems related to social environment

ICD-10-CM Codes›Z00–Z99›Z55-Z65›Z60

ICD-10-CM Z60
CMSSource: CMS FY 2027 ICD-10-CM dataset · Effective Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Z60 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code for problems related to social environment, so it cannot be submitted on claims. Use a more specific code from this category instead, such as Z60.0, Z60.2, Z60.3, and Z60.4.

Code Identity

ICD-10-CM Code
Z60
Billable Status
No — Non-Billable Category
Code Describes
Problems related to social environment
Short Description
Problems related to social environment
Same as the full description in the CMS dataset.
Chapter
Z55-Z65
Persons with potential health hazards related to socioeconomic and psychosocial circumstances

Code Classification

ChapterZ00–Z99Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
SectionZ55-Z65Persons with potential health hazards related to socioeconomic and psychosocial circumstances
CategoryZ60Problems related to social environment
This CodeZ60Problems related to social environment

Specific Coding for Problems related to social environmentOverview

Non-specific codes like Z60 require more characters. Use one of these billable codes instead:

  • Use Z60.0 for Problems of adjustment to life-cycle transitions

  • Use Z60.2 for Problems related to living alone

  • Use Z60.3 for Acculturation difficulty

  • Use Z60.4 for Social exclusion and rejection

  • Use Z60.5 for Target of (perceived) adverse discrimination and persecution

  • Use Z60.8 for Other problems related to social environment

  • Use Z60.9 for Problem related to social environment, unspecified

Instructional NotesGuidance

Instructions from the official ICD-10-CM Tabular List that apply to Z60: its own notes plus those printed at Chapter 21. A note printed at a category, block or chapter applies to every code under it.

Notes

General instructions on how these codes are used.

From Chapter 21 (Z00-Z99) Factors influencing health status and contact with health services applies to 1,425 codes
  • Z codes represent reasons for encounters. A corresponding procedure code must accompany a Z code if a procedure is performed. Categories Z00-Z99 are provided for occasions when circumstances other than a disease, injury or external cause classifiable to categories A00-Y89 are recorded as 'diagnoses' or 'problems'. This can arise in two main ways:
  • (a) When a person who may or may not be sick encounters the health services for some specific purpose, such as to receive limited care or service for a current condition, to donate an organ or tissue, to receive prophylactic vaccination (immunization), or to discuss a problem which is in itself not a disease or injury.
  • (b) When some circumstance or problem is present which influences the person's health status but is not in itself a current illness or injury.

Source: CMS ICD-10-CM Tabular List. How to read instructional notes.

Code HistoryHistory

FY 2016AddedAdded to the ICD-10-CM code setEffective October 1, 2015, the first year of ICD-10-CM.
FY 2017–2026No changes
FY 2027CurrentCurrent code set, no changesEffective October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.

Questions About Z60Overview

What is the ICD-10 code for problems related to social environment?

Z60 is the ICD-10-CM category for problems related to social environment, but it is a non-billable header: claims need a more specific code from this category, listed on this page.

Is Z60 (Problems related to social environment) a billable code?

No. This is a category header that groups the codes for problems related to social environment, and headers cannot be submitted on claims. Claims for problems related to social environment need a more specific code from this category, such as Z60.0, Z60.2, and Z60.3.