Z22.8
Z22.8: Carrier of other infectious diseases
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Z22.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for carrier of other infectious diseases. It is valid for submission on a claim.
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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.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Carrier of›infectious organism›specified NEC
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under Z22
- Z22.0Carrier of typhoid
- Z22.1Carrier of other intestinal infectious diseases
- Z22.2Carrier of diphtheria
- Z22.3Carrier of other specified bacterial diseases
- Z22.4Carrier of infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission
- Z22.6Carrier of human T-lymphotropic virus type-1 [HTLV-1] infection
- Z22.7Latent tuberculosis
- Z22.9Carrier of infectious disease, unspecified