Z59.41 — Food insecurity

Z59.41

ICD-10 Chapter 21: Factors Influencing Health Status — illustrative image — Chapter 21: Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00–Z99) — illustrative image

What this code means

Food insecurity means unreliable access to enough affordable, nutritious food, recorded as a social circumstance.

Also called: food insecurity.

When this code is used

Used for food insecurity.

Where it sits in ICD-10-CM

Code Z59.41 belongs to Chapter 21: Factors influencing health status and contact with health services, which covers codes Z00–Z99 in the FY2027 ICD-10-CM tabular list. The official description above is copied verbatim from the CDC/NCHS FY2027 code file.

Frequently asked questions

What is ICD-10-CM code Z59.41?

Z59.41 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for “Food insecurity”. Food insecurity means unreliable access to enough affordable, nutritious food, recorded as a social circumstance.

When is code Z59.41 used?

Used for food insecurity. It belongs to Chapter 21 of ICD-10-CM (Factors influencing health status and contact with health services).

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