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Z91.190

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Patient's noncompliance with other medical treatment and regimen due to financial hardship

This code does not map to an HCC category in any model (V28, V24, ESRD, RxHCC).

What This Code Means

A patient is not following their medical treatment or care plan because they cannot afford it due to financial difficulties.

Coding Tips

  • •Use this code when financial hardship is explicitly documented as the reason for noncompliance
  • •This is a Z code (factor influencing health status) and should be used alongside the condition code for which treatment was not followed

Code Hierarchy

└Z91Personal risk factors, not elsewhere classified└Z91.1Patient's noncompliance with medical treatment and regimen└Z91.19Patient's noncompliance with other medical treatment and regimen└Z91.190Patient's noncompliance with other medical treatment and regimen due to financial hardship
└Z91.190Patient's noncompliance with other medical treatment and regimen due to financial hardship

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