Z22.34

Z22.34: Carrier of Acinetobacter baumannii

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

Z22.34 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for carrier of acinetobacter baumannii. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z22.34

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

Written on Z22: Carrier of infectious disease

carrier of viral hepatitis (B18.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with Z22.34

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

Z20Contact with and (suspected) exposure to communicable diseases
R82.7Abnormal findings on microbiological examination of urine
R83.5Abnormal microbiological findings in cerebrospinal fluid
R84.5Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from respiratory organs and thorax
R85.5Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
R86.5Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from male genital organs
R87.5Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from female genital organs
R89.5Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from other organs, systems and tissues

Risk adjustment

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

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead Z22.34

3 child codes. Green means billable.