ICD-10-CM · Chapter 21 · Z00–Z99
Z29.81
Encounter for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis
Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
Quick facts
- Code
- Z29.81
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 21 — Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
- Category
- Z29 — Encounter for other prophylactic measures
- Specificity
- 5 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM Z29.81 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of encounter for hiv pre-exposure prophylaxis. 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 Z29
- Z29Encounter for other prophylactic measures
- Z29.1Encounter for prophylactic immunotherapy
- Z29.11Encounter for prophylactic immunotherapy for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
- Z29.12Encounter for prophylactic antivenin
- Z29.13Encounter for prophylactic Rho(D) immune globulin
- Z29.14Encounter for prophylactic rabies immune globin
- Z29.3Encounter for prophylactic fluoride administration
- Z29.8Encounter for other specified prophylactic measures
- Z29.89Encounter for other specified prophylactic measures
- Z29.9Encounter for prophylactic measures, unspecified
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