Z77.018
Z77.018 — Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other hazardous metals
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
Z77.018 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for contact with and (suspected) exposure to other hazardous metals. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Contact with and (suspected) exposure to chromium compounds
- Contact with and (suspected) exposure to nickel dust
Risk adjustment
Z77.018 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 Z77.018 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 Z77.018.
- Contact›chromium compounds
- Contact›hazardous metals NEC
- Contact›nickel dust
- Exposure›chromium compounds
- Exposure›hazardous metals NEC
- Exposure›nickel dust
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z77.01. If Z77.018 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about Z77.018
- Is Z77.018 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. Z77.018 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does Z77.018 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).