Z22
Carrier of infectious disease
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
Official Coding Notes
Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files.
Includes
colonization status
Includes
suspected carrier
Excludes2
carrier of viral hepatitis ( B18 .-)
More Specific Codes
9 codes under Z22
- 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
Version History
How Z22 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.
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FY 2027 Effective
CurrentCarrier of infectious disease
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FY 2026 Effective
UnchangedCarrier of infectious disease
Related Codes
Codes whose official notes reference 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
Data Source
Code information on this page is derived from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files published by CDC NCHS and CMS.
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
- Source file
- icd10cm-code-descriptions-2027.zip
Official ICD-10-CM source files (opens in a new tab)
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