Z20.828

Z20.828: Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other viral communicable diseases

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

Z20.828 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for contact with and (suspected) exposure to other viral communicable diseases. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Z20.828 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z20.828

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 Z20.828

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

Z20.828 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies: 4 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56900Billing and Coding: Immunizations
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›viral disease NEC
Exposure›viral disease NEC
Contact›communicable disease›viral NEC
Exposure›communicable disease›viral NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.