Is Z57.39 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. Z57.39 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does Z57.39 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).

Z57.39

Z57.39 — Occupational exposure to other air contaminants

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z57.39 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for occupational exposure to other air contaminants. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Risk adjustment

Z57.39 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.

How Z57.39 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to Z57.39.

Exposure›occupational›air contaminants NEC

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Z57.3. If Z57.39 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Z57.31Occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke

Questions about Z57.39

Is Z57.39 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. Z57.39 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does Z57.39 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).