Current
Z22 — Carrier of infectious disease
Part of Chapter 21: Factors influencing health status and contact with health services , block Persons with potential health hazards related to communicable diseases (Z20-Z29) .
Official Notes
Includes
colonization status
Includes
suspected carrier
Excludes2
carrier of viral hepatitis ( B18 .-)
Child Codes
- Z22.0 Carrier of typhoid Billable
- Z22.1 Carrier of other intestinal infectious diseases Billable
- Z22.2 Carrier of diphtheria Billable
- Z22.3 Carrier of other specified bacterial diseases Has subcodes
- Z22.4 Carrier of infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission Billable
- Z22.6 Carrier of human T-lymphotropic virus type-1 [HTLV-1] infection Billable
- Z22.7 Latent tuberculosis Billable
- Z22.8 Carrier of other infectious diseases Billable
- Z22.9 Carrier of infectious disease, unspecified Billable
Referenced By
Official notes on these codes cite Z22.
- O99.83 Other infection carrier state complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
- R82.7 Abnormal findings on microbiological examination of urine
- R83.5 Abnormal microbiological findings in cerebrospinal fluid Billable
- R84.5 Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from respiratory organs and thorax Billable
- R85.5 Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity Billable
- R86.5 Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from male genital organs Billable
- R87.5 Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from female genital organs Billable
- R89.5 Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from other organs, systems and tissues Billable
- Z20 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to communicable diseases
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