ICD-10-CM · Chapter 21 · Z00–Z99
Z22.6
Carrier of human T-lymphotropic virus type-1 [HTLV-1] infection
Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
Quick facts
- Code
- Z22.6
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 21 — Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
- Category
- Z22 — Carrier of infectious disease
- Specificity
- 4 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM Z22.6 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of carrier of human t-lymphotropic virus type-1 [htlv-1] infection. 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 Z22
- Z22Carrier of infectious disease
- 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
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