Persons with potential health hazards related to communicable diseases
Z20-Z29
This section covers 85 ICD-10-CM codes (Z20-Z29) for persons with potential health hazards related to communicable diseases, including contact with and (suspected) exposure to communicable diseases, asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] infection status, and carrier of infectious disease. 65 of these are billable codes usable on a claim; the rest are non-billable header categories that require a more specific child code.
Categories in Persons with potential health hazards related to communicable diseases
- Z20Contact with and (suspected) exposure to communicable diseasesnon-billable header
- Z21Asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] infection status
- Z22Carrier of infectious diseasenon-billable header
- Z23Encounter for immunization
- Z28Immunization not carried out and underimmunization statusnon-billable header
- Z29Encounter for other prophylactic measuresnon-billable header