2027 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Z75.3Unavailability and inaccessibility of health-care facilities

ICD-10-CM Codes›Z00–Z99›Z69-Z76›Z75

ICD-10-CM Z75.3
CMSSource: CMS FY 2027 ICD-10-CM dataset · Effective Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Z75.3 is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for unavailability and inaccessibility of health-care facilities. It is valid on HIPAA claims for fiscal year 2027 (October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027) and groups to MS-DRG 951. The code is not accepted as a principal diagnosis by the Medicare Code Editor and exempt from POA reporting. Coders also document this condition as inability to access health care due to transportation insecurity. In AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software (CCSR), this diagnosis falls under Other specified status.

Code Identity

ICD-10-CM Code
Z75.3
Billable Status
Yes — Valid for Submission
Code Describes
Unavailability and inaccessibility of health-care facilities
Short Description
Unavailability and inaccessibility of health-care facilities
Same as the full description in the CMS dataset.
Parent Code
Z75
Problems related to medical facilities and other health care

Code Classification

ChapterZ00–Z99Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
SectionZ69-Z76Persons encountering health services in other circumstances
CategoryZ75Problems related to medical facilities and other health care
This CodeZ75.3Unavailability and inaccessibility of health-care facilities

Code EditsBilling

Medicare Code Editor checks that affect claim validity for Z75.3.

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)Billing

Z75.3 is exempt from POA reporting on inpatient claims to general acute care hospitals. Review the other POA exempt codes in Persons encountering health services in other circumstances (Z69-Z76).

Approximate SynonymsGuidance

Alternate terms and clinical phrases that map to this code.

  • Inability to access health care due to transportation insecurity
  • Medical care unavailable
  • No access to services
  • Residence remote from medical care
  • Residence remote from medical facility

Instructional NotesGuidance

Instructions from the official ICD-10-CM Tabular List that apply to Z75.3: its own notes plus those printed at Chapter 21. A note printed at a category, block or chapter applies to every code under it.

Excludes1

Not coded here: the excluded code is never reported together with this one, unless the two conditions are unrelated.

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.

Referenced in Other NotesGuidance

Instructional notes printed at other codes that name Z75.3, its category, or a range that includes it.

Excludes2 1

These codes carry an Excludes2 note naming Z75.3: its condition is not part of those codes, and both may be reported when the patient has both.

  • Z59.82 Transportation insecurity
    unavailability and inaccessibility of healthcare facilities (Z75.3)

Index to Diseases and InjuriesGuidance

Alphabetical index entries that point to this code.

Clinical ClassificationClinical

AHRQ’s CCSR groups this code into broader clinical categories.

CCSR FAC025
Other specified status
Default principal diagnosis: inpatient No · outpatient Yes

Convert Z75.3 to ICD-9-CMHistory

The closest ICD-9-CM equivalents under the General Equivalence Mappings.

ICD-9-CM
V63.9 No med facilities NOS
Approximate The match is approximate rather than exact.

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 Z75.3Overview

What is the ICD-10 code for unavailability and inaccessibility of health-care facilities?

The ICD-10-CM code for unavailability and inaccessibility of health-care facilities is Z75.3 (sometimes written as Z753). It is billable on HIPAA-covered claims from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.

Is Z75.3 (Problems related to medical facilities and other health care) a billable code?

Yes. This is a billable ICD-10-CM code, specific enough to report unavailability and inaccessibility of health-care facilities on HIPAA-covered claims from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.

What MS-DRG does Z75.3 group to?

On inpatient claims, unavailability and inaccessibility of health-care facilities maps to MS-DRG 951 (other Factors Influencing Health Status), which carries a relative weight of 0.5574. Higher weights mean higher Medicare reimbursement.

Can Z75.3 be a principal diagnosis?

No. The Medicare Code Editor rejects this code as a principal diagnosis because unavailability and inaccessibility of health-care facilities describes a circumstance that influences health status rather than a current illness. Report it as a secondary diagnosis.

Is Z75.3 exempt from POA reporting?

Yes. CMS lists this code among those exempt from present on admission reporting, so hospitals do not assign a POA indicator for unavailability and inaccessibility of health-care facilities on inpatient claims. The code appears in the Persons encountering health services in other circumstances (Z69-Z76) range of the CMS exempt list.