Z70-Z76: Persons encountering health services in other circumstances
Z75: Problems related to medical facilities and other health care
The group of conditions coded under Z75 in ICD-10 concerns problems related to accessibility, usage, and quality of medical facilities and other health care services. These conditions do not indicate a medical disease, but rather, circumstances and difficulties that a patient may face surrounding healthcare. These issues might include situations where an individual has difficulty accessing healthcare services due to geographic location, financial limitation, lack of transportation, or inadequate healthcare infrastructure. They could also include instances where the required type of care service is not available such as specialized medical or rehabilitative services. Problems under this group may also involve dissatisfaction with the provided care or differing patient and physician opinions regarding care. These conditions do not have a transmission route or common symptoms like a typical illness but can pose significant hurdles in achieving optimal healthcare outcomes for individuals.
Subcodes of Z75:
- Z75.0: Medical services not available in home
- Z75.1: Person awaiting admission to adequate facility elsewhere
- Z75.2: Other waiting period for investigation and treatment
- Z75.3: Unavailability and inaccessibility of health-care facilities
- Z75.4: Unavailability and inaccessibility of other helping agencies
- Z75.5: Holiday relief care
- Z75.8: Other problems related to medical facilities and other health care
- Z75.9: Unspecified problem related to medical facilities and other health care
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