ICD-10-CM · Chapter 21 · Z00–Z99
Z20.8
Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other communicable diseases
Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
Heads up:this is a parent code. It's typically not directly billable — you need to drill down to a more specific child code (one with additional digits) to use on a claim.
Quick facts
- Code
- Z20.8
- Type
- Category / header (non-billable)
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 21 — Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
- Category
- Z20 — Contact with and (suspected) exposure to communicable diseases
- Specificity
- 4 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM Z20.8 is a category (header) for contact with and (suspected) exposure to other communicable diseases. It is generally not reported directly on a claim — coders drill down to a more specific child code (one with additional characters) that matches the documentation. Use the related codes below to find the billable code that fits, and verify against the annual NCHS/CMS guidelines.
Related codes in Z20
- Z20Contact with and (suspected) exposure to communicable diseases
- Z20.0Contact with and (suspected) exposure to intestinal infectious diseases
- Z20.01Contact with and (suspected) exposure to intestinal infectious diseases due to Escherichia coli (E. coli)
- Z20.09Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other intestinal infectious diseases
- Z20.1Contact with and (suspected) exposure to tuberculosis
- Z20.2Contact with and (suspected) exposure to infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission
- Z20.3Contact with and (suspected) exposure to rabies
- Z20.4Contact with and (suspected) exposure to rubella
- Z20.5Contact with and (suspected) exposure to viral hepatitis
- Z20.6Contact with and (suspected) exposure to human immunodeficiency virus [HIV]
- Z20.7Contact with and (suspected) exposure to pediculosis, acariasis and other infestations
- Z20.81Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other bacterial communicable diseases
- Z20.810Contact with and (suspected) exposure to anthrax
- Z20.811Contact with and (suspected) exposure to meningococcus
- Z20.818Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other bacterial communicable diseases
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