ICD-10-CM · Chapter 21 · Z00–Z99
Z11.6
Encounter for screening for other protozoal diseases and helminthiases
Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
Quick facts
- Code
- Z11.6
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 21 — Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
- Category
- Z11 — Encounter for screening for infectious and parasitic diseases
- Specificity
- 4 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM Z11.6 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of encounter for screening for other protozoal diseases and helminthiases. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in Z11
- Z11Encounter for screening for infectious and parasitic diseases
- Z11.0Encounter for screening for intestinal infectious diseases
- Z11.1Encounter for screening for respiratory tuberculosis
- Z11.2Encounter for screening for other bacterial diseases
- Z11.3Encounter for screening for infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission
- Z11.4Encounter for screening for human immunodeficiency virus [HIV]
- Z11.5Encounter for screening for other viral diseases
- Z11.51Encounter for screening for human papillomavirus (HPV)
- Z11.52Encounter for screening for COVID-19
- Z11.59Encounter for screening for other viral diseases
- Z11.7Encounter for testing for latent tuberculosis infection
- Z11.8Encounter for screening for other infectious and parasitic diseases
- Z11.9Encounter for screening for infectious and parasitic diseases, unspecified
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