ICD-10-CM Code Z20
Contact with and (suspected) exposure to communicable diseases
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code Z20 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the ten child codes of Z20 that describes the diagnosis 'contact w and (suspected) exposure to communicable diseases' in more detail.
- Z20 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to communicable diseases NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE Z20.1 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to tuberculosis
- BILLABLE Z20.2 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission
- BILLABLE Z20.3 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to rabies
- BILLABLE Z20.4 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to rubella
- BILLABLE Z20.5 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to viral hepatitis
- BILLABLE Z20.6 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to human immunodeficiency virus [HIV]
- BILLABLE Z20.7 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to pediculosis, acariasis and other infestations
- BILLABLE Z20.9 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to unspecified communicable disease
Coding Notes for Z20 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Type-1 Excludes:
Type-1 Excludes
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here." - Carrier of infectious disease - instead, use code Z22.-
- Diagnosed current infectious or parasitic disease -see Alphabetic Index
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Code Type-2 Excludes:
Type-2 Excludes
Type-2 Excludes means the excluded conditions are different, although they may appear similar. A patient may have both conditions, but one does not include the other. Excludes 2 means "not coded here." - Personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases - instead, use code Z86.1-
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'Z20 - Contact with and (suspected) exposure to communicable diseases'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code Z20. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.