Is Z77.090 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. Z77.090 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does Z77.090 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).

Z77.090

Z77.090 — Contact with and (suspected) exposure to asbestos

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

Z77.090 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for contact with and (suspected) exposure to asbestos. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Risk adjustment

Z77.090 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 Z77.090 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 Z77.090.

Contact›asbestos
Exposure›asbestos

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Z77.09. If Z77.090 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Z77.098Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other hazardous, chiefly nonmedicinal, chemicals

Questions about Z77.090

Is Z77.090 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. Z77.090 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does Z77.090 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).