Z20.8
Z20.8 — Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other communicable diseases
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
Z20.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for contact with and (suspected) exposure to other communicable diseases. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
Z20.8 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead Z20.8
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z20. If Z20.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- Z20.0Contact with and (suspected) exposure to 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
- Z20.9Contact with and (suspected) exposure to unspecified communicable disease
Questions about Z20.8
- Is Z20.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. Z20.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does Z20.8 sit in the tabular list?
- Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99), in the block Persons with potential health hazards related to communicable diseases (Z20-Z29).