Z59.71 is a medical diagnostic code for “Insufficient health insurance coverage”.

It’s a diagnosis that should never have existed.

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    5 days ago

    And terribly enough, it does deserve a medical diagnostic code, because it directly impacts how a patient’s condition can be treated.