Z77.0
Z77.0 — Contact with and (suspected) exposure to hazardous, chiefly nonmedicinal, chemicals
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
Z77.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for contact with and (suspected) exposure to hazardous, chiefly nonmedicinal, chemicals. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
Z77.0 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 Z77.0
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z77. If Z77.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- Z77.1Contact with and (suspected) exposure to environmental pollution and hazards in the physical environment
- Z77.2Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other hazardous substances
- Z77.3Contact with and (suspected) exposure to war theater
- Z77.9Other contact with and (suspected) exposures hazardous to health
Questions about Z77.0
- Is Z77.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. Z77.0 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does Z77.0 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 family and personal history and certain conditions influencing health status (Z77-Z99).