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ICD-10: Z20

Contact with and (suspected) exposure to communicable diseases

Coding Guidelines

Excludes 1

  • carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)
  • diagnosed current infectious or parasitic disease -see Alphabetic Index

Excludes 2

  • personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases (Z86.1-)

Subcategories

Z20.1
Contact with and (suspected) exposure to tuberculosis
Z20.7
Contact with and (suspected) exposure to pediculosis, acariasis and other infestations
Z20.3
Contact with and (suspected) exposure to rabies
Z20.4
Contact with and (suspected) exposure to rubella
Z20.6
Contact with and (suspected) exposure to human immunodeficiency virus [HIV]
Z20.9
Contact with and (suspected) exposure to unspecified communicable disease
Z20.8
Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other communicable diseases
Z20.2
Contact with and (suspected) exposure to infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission
Z20.5
Contact with and (suspected) exposure to viral hepatitis
Z20.0
Contact with and (suspected) exposure to intestinal infectious diseases

Related Diseases

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