Z20.822

Z20.822: Contact with and (suspected) exposure to COVID-19

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

Z20.822 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for contact with and (suspected) exposure to covid-19. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Contact with and (suspected) exposure to SARS-CoV-2

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z20.822

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on Z20: Contact with and (suspected) exposure to communicable diseases

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

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z20.822

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on Z20: Contact with and (suspected) exposure to communicable diseases

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

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

Z20.822 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A58575Billing and Coding: Respiratory Pathogen Panel Testing
A58577Billing and Coding: Respiratory Pathogen Panel Testing
A58741Billing and Coding: Respiratory Pathogen Panel Testing

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Contact›coronavirus 2019(disease) (novel)
Contact›COVID-19
Contact›SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19›contact(with)
COVID-19›exposure(to)
Exposure›coronavirus 2019(disease) (novel)
Exposure›COVID-19
Exposure›SARS-CoV-2

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.