ICD-10-CM · Chapter 21 · Z00–Z99
Z22
Carrier of infectious disease
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
- Z22
- Type
- Category / header (non-billable)
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 21 — Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
- Category
- Z22
- Specificity
- 3 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM Z22 is a category (header) for carrier of infectious disease. 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 Z22
- Z22.0Carrier of typhoid
- Z22.1Carrier of other intestinal infectious diseases
- Z22.2Carrier of diphtheria
- Z22.3Carrier of other specified bacterial diseases
- Z22.31Carrier of bacterial disease due to meningococci
- Z22.32Carrier of bacterial disease due to staphylococci
- Z22.321Carrier or suspected carrier of Methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus
- Z22.322Carrier or suspected carrier of Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus
- Z22.33Carrier of bacterial disease due to streptococci
- Z22.330Carrier of Group B streptococcus
- Z22.338Carrier of other streptococcus
- Z22.34Carrier of Acinetobacter baumannii
- Z22.340Carrier of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
- Z22.341Carrier of carbapenem-sensitive Acinetobacter baumannii
- Z22.349Carrier of Acinetobacter baumannii, unspecified
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