Z57.3
Z57.3 — Occupational exposure to other air contaminants
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
Z57.3 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for occupational exposure to other air contaminants. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
Z57.3 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 Z57.3
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z57. If Z57.3 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- Z57.0Occupational exposure to noise
- Z57.1Occupational exposure to radiation
- Z57.2Occupational exposure to dust
- Z57.4Occupational exposure to toxic agents in agriculture
- Z57.5Occupational exposure to toxic agents in other industries
- Z57.6Occupational exposure to extreme temperature
- Z57.7Occupational exposure to vibration
- Z57.8Occupational exposure to other risk factors
- Z57.9Occupational exposure to unspecified risk factor
Questions about Z57.3
- Is Z57.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. Z57.3 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does Z57.3 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 socioeconomic and psychosocial circumstances (Z55-Z65).