Z60.8 - Other problems related to social environment
| ICD-10: | Z60.8 |
| Short Description: | Other problems related to social environment |
| Long Description: | Other problems related to social environment |
| Status: | Valid for Submission |
| Version: | ICD-10-CM 2023 |
| Code Classification: |
Z60.8 is a billable ICD-10 code used to specify a medical diagnosis of other problems related to social environment. The code is valid during the fiscal year 2023 from October 01, 2022 through September 30, 2023 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.
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:
- Adherence to rules and boundaries - finding
- Adherence to rules and boundaries - finding
- Adult safeguarding concern
- Alien environment
- Breakup of romance
- Chaotic environment
- Community infestation
- Difficulty adhering to rules and boundaries
- Difficulty participating in community social life
- Difficulty with community participation
- Does not adhere to rules and boundaries
- Emotional environment finding
- English as a second language
- Finding relating to rules and boundaries
- Finding relating to rules and boundaries
- Friend arrested
- Girlfriend arrested
- Health belief conflict
- High community crime rate
- Impersonal environment
- Inadequate social support
- Ineffective community coping
- Lack of social support
- Lack of support for smoking cessation
- Lack of trust
- Lack of trust in healthcare provider
- Language difficulty
- Limited social contact
- Minimal outside social stimulation
- Patient dependence on care provider
- Peer problem
- Peer problem in remission
- Receives no social support
- Reports of violence in the environment
- Safeguarding concern
- Second language - finding
- Social adjustment problem
- Social maladjustment
- Social maladjustment
- Social problem
- Social problem not due to a mental disorder
- Social support status
- Speaks English poorly
- Threats of violence in the environment
- Unable to participate in community social life
- Unborn child is cause for safeguarding concern
- Uncaring environment
- Unfamiliar environment
- Unfriendly environment
- Unhappy environment
- Use of health care provider for social contact
Index to Diseases and Injuries References
The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for this diagnosis code are found in the injuries and diseases index:
Code Edits
The Medicare Code Editor (MCE) detects and reports errors in the coding of claims data. The following ICD-10 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.
Convert to ICD-9 Code
| Source ICD-10 Code | Target ICD-9 Code | |
|---|---|---|
| Z60.8 | V62.89 - Psychological stress NEC | |
| 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. | ||
Code History
- 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 (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)
