Z77.31
Z77.31: Contact with and (suspected) exposure to Gulf War theater
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Z77.31 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for contact with and (suspected) exposure to gulf war theater. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Z77.31 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Contact with and (suspected) exposure to Persian Gulf War theater
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z77.31
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Written on Z77: Other contact with and (suspected) exposures hazardous to health
- contact with and (suspected) exposure to communicable diseases (Z20.-)
- exposure to (parental) (environmental) tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81)
- newborn affected by noxious substances transmitted via placenta or breast milk (P04.-)
- occupational exposure to risk factors (Z57.-)
- retained foreign body (Z18.-)
- retained foreign body fully removed (Z87.821)
- toxic effects of substances chiefly nonmedicinal as to source (T51-T65)
Other codes that can never be billed with Z77.31
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Contact›war theater(Gulf) (Persian Gulf)
Code history
- addedFY2024-FY2027
Contact with and (suspected) exposure to Gulf War theater