Diagnosis Code

Z60.8 OTHER PROBLEMS RELATED TO SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: Z60.8

Short Description: Other problems related to social environment

Long Description: Other problems related to social environment

The code Z60.8 is VALID for claim submission

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 social environment (Z60)
        • Z60.8 Other problems related to social environment

This code is valid for unacceptable principal diagnosis

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • 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

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code Z60.8 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Inadequate social support
    • Lack of emotional support

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
Z60.8 Right Arrow V62.89 Psychological stress NEC

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
Z60 Problems related to social environment
Z60.0 Problems of adjustment to life-cycle transitions
Z60.2 Problems related to living alone
Z60.3 Acculturation difficulty
Z60.4 Social exclusion and rejection
Z60.5 Target of (perceived) adverse discrimination and persecution
Z60.9 Problem related to social environment, unspecified


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023