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Excludes2 (not included here): personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases (Z86.1-).","seventhCharacterInstructions":[],"workflowProtocols":[],"guidelines":{"whenToUse":[],"whenNotToUse":[],"commonBillingMistakes":[],"codeComparisons":[],"documentationChecklist":[]},"domainLandscape":{"summary":"Primary diagnostic domain and clinical landscape evaluation.","keyCategories":[],"diagnosticContinuum":"Progression continuum from acute presentation to resolution."},"children":[{"code":"Z20.0","title":"Contact with and (suspected) exposure to intestinal infectious diseases","description":"Contact with and (suspected) exposure to intestinal infectious diseases is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (Z20.0). A more specific billable subcode must be selected for claims submission. Excludes1 (not coded here): carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-); diagnosed current infectious or parasitic disease -see Alphabetic Index. Excludes2 (not included here): personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases (Z86.1-).","isBillable":false,"slug":"z20.0-contact-with-and-suspected-exposure-to-intestinal-infectious-diseases"},{"code":"Z20.01","title":"Contact with and (suspected) exposure to intestinal infectious diseases due to Escherichia coli (E. coli)","description":"Contact with and (suspected) exposure to intestinal infectious diseases due to Escherichia coli (E. coli) is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (Z20.01). Excludes1 (not coded here): carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-); diagnosed current infectious or parasitic disease -see Alphabetic Index. Excludes2 (not included here): personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases (Z86.1-).","isBillable":true,"slug":"z20.01-contact-with-and-suspected-exposure-to-intestinal-infectious-diseases-due"},{"code":"Z20.09","title":"Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other intestinal infectious diseases","description":"Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other intestinal infectious diseases is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (Z20.09). Excludes1 (not coded here): carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-); diagnosed current infectious or parasitic disease -see Alphabetic Index. Excludes2 (not included here): personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases (Z86.1-).","isBillable":true,"slug":"z20.09-contact-with-and-suspected-exposure-to-other-intestinal-infectious-diseases"},{"code":"Z20.1","title":"Contact with and (suspected) exposure to tuberculosis","description":"Contact with and (suspected) exposure to tuberculosis is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (Z20.1). Excludes1 (not coded here): carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-); diagnosed current infectious or parasitic disease -see Alphabetic Index. Excludes2 (not included here): personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases (Z86.1-).","isBillable":true,"slug":"z20.1-contact-with-and-suspected-exposure-to-tuberculosis"},{"code":"Z20.2","title":"Contact with and (suspected) exposure to infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission","description":"Contact with and (suspected) exposure to infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (Z20.2). Excludes1 (not coded here): carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-); diagnosed current infectious or parasitic disease -see Alphabetic Index. Excludes2 (not included here): personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases (Z86.1-).","isBillable":true,"slug":"z20.2-contact-with-and-suspected-exposure-to-infections-with-a-predominantly"},{"code":"Z20.3","title":"Contact with and (suspected) exposure to rabies","description":"Contact with and (suspected) exposure to rabies is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (Z20.3). Excludes1 (not coded here): carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-); diagnosed current infectious or parasitic disease -see Alphabetic Index. Excludes2 (not included here): personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases (Z86.1-).","isBillable":true,"slug":"z20.3-contact-with-and-suspected-exposure-to-rabies"},{"code":"Z20.4","title":"Contact with and (suspected) exposure to rubella","description":"Contact with and (suspected) exposure to rubella is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (Z20.4). Excludes1 (not coded here): carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-); diagnosed current infectious or parasitic disease -see Alphabetic Index. Excludes2 (not included here): personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases (Z86.1-).","isBillable":true,"slug":"z20.4-contact-with-and-suspected-exposure-to-rubella"},{"code":"Z20.5","title":"Contact with and (suspected) exposure to viral hepatitis","description":"Contact with and (suspected) exposure to viral hepatitis is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (Z20.5). Excludes1 (not coded here): carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-); diagnosed current infectious or parasitic disease -see Alphabetic Index. Excludes2 (not included here): personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases (Z86.1-).","isBillable":true,"slug":"z20.5-contact-with-and-suspected-exposure-to-viral-hepatitis"},{"code":"Z20.6","title":"Contact with and (suspected) exposure to human immunodeficiency virus [HIV]","description":"Contact with and (suspected) exposure to human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (Z20.6). Excludes1 (not coded here): asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus [HIV]; HIV infection status (Z21); carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-); diagnosed current infectious or parasitic disease -see Alphabetic Index. Excludes2 (not included here): personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases (Z86.1-).","isBillable":true,"slug":"z20.6-contact-with-and-suspected-exposure-to-human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv"},{"code":"Z20.7","title":"Contact with and (suspected) exposure to pediculosis, acariasis and other infestations","description":"Contact with and (suspected) exposure to pediculosis, acariasis and other infestations is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (Z20.7). Excludes1 (not coded here): carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-); diagnosed current infectious or parasitic disease -see Alphabetic Index. Excludes2 (not included here): personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases (Z86.1-).","isBillable":true,"slug":"z20.7-contact-with-and-suspected-exposure-to-pediculosis-acariasis-and-other"},{"code":"Z20.8","title":"Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other communicable diseases","description":"Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other communicable diseases is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (Z20.8). A more specific billable subcode must be selected for claims submission. Excludes1 (not coded here): carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-); diagnosed current infectious or parasitic disease -see Alphabetic Index. Excludes2 (not included here): personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases (Z86.1-).","isBillable":false,"slug":"z20.8-contact-with-and-suspected-exposure-to-other-communicable-diseases"},{"code":"Z20.81","title":"Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other bacterial communicable diseases","description":"Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other bacterial communicable diseases is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (Z20.81). A more specific billable subcode must be selected for claims submission. Excludes1 (not coded here): carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-); diagnosed current infectious or parasitic disease -see Alphabetic Index. Excludes2 (not included here): personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases (Z86.1-).","isBillable":false,"slug":"z20.81-contact-with-and-suspected-exposure-to-other-bacterial-communicable-diseases"},{"code":"Z20.810","title":"Contact with and (suspected) exposure to anthrax","description":"Contact with and (suspected) exposure to anthrax is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (Z20.810). Excludes1 (not coded here): carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-); diagnosed current infectious or parasitic disease -see Alphabetic Index. Excludes2 (not included here): personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases (Z86.1-).","isBillable":true,"slug":"z20.810-contact-with-and-suspected-exposure-to-anthrax"},{"code":"Z20.811","title":"Contact with and (suspected) exposure to meningococcus","description":"Contact with and (suspected) exposure to meningococcus is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (Z20.811). Excludes1 (not coded here): carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-); diagnosed current infectious or parasitic disease -see Alphabetic Index. Excludes2 (not included here): personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases (Z86.1-).","isBillable":true,"slug":"z20.811-contact-with-and-suspected-exposure-to-meningococcus"},{"code":"Z20.818","title":"Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other bacterial communicable diseases","description":"Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other bacterial communicable diseases is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (Z20.818). Excludes1 (not coded here): carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-); diagnosed current infectious or parasitic disease -see Alphabetic Index. Excludes2 (not included here): personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases (Z86.1-).","isBillable":true,"slug":"z20.818-contact-with-and-suspected-exposure-to-other-bacterial-communicable-diseases"},{"code":"Z20.82","title":"Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other viral communicable diseases","description":"Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other viral communicable diseases is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (Z20.82). A more specific billable subcode must be selected for claims submission. Excludes1 (not coded here): carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-); diagnosed current infectious or parasitic disease -see Alphabetic Index. Excludes2 (not included here): personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases (Z86.1-).","isBillable":false,"slug":"z20.82-contact-with-and-suspected-exposure-to-other-viral-communicable-diseases"},{"code":"Z20.820","title":"Contact with and (suspected) exposure to varicella","description":"Contact with and (suspected) exposure to varicella is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (Z20.820). Excludes1 (not coded here): carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-); diagnosed current infectious or parasitic disease -see Alphabetic Index. Excludes2 (not included here): personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases (Z86.1-).","isBillable":true,"slug":"z20.820-contact-with-and-suspected-exposure-to-varicella"},{"code":"Z20.821","title":"Contact with and (suspected) exposure to Zika virus","description":"Contact with and (suspected) exposure to Zika virus is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (Z20.821). Excludes1 (not coded here): carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-); diagnosed current infectious or parasitic disease -see Alphabetic Index. Excludes2 (not included here): personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases (Z86.1-).","isBillable":true,"slug":"z20.821-contact-with-and-suspected-exposure-to-zika-virus"},{"code":"Z20.822","title":"Contact with and (suspected) exposure to COVID-19","description":"Contact with and (suspected) exposure to COVID-19 is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (Z20.822). Inclusion terms: Contact with and (suspected) exposure to SARS-CoV-2. Excludes1 (not coded here): carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-); diagnosed current infectious or parasitic disease -see Alphabetic Index. Excludes2 (not included here): personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases (Z86.1-).","isBillable":true,"slug":"z20.822-contact-with-and-suspected-exposure-to-covid-19"},{"code":"Z20.828","title":"Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other viral communicable diseases","description":"Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other viral communicable diseases is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (Z20.828). Excludes1 (not coded here): carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-); diagnosed current infectious or parasitic disease -see Alphabetic Index. Excludes2 (not included here): personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases (Z86.1-).","isBillable":true,"slug":"z20.828-contact-with-and-suspected-exposure-to-other-viral-communicable-diseases"},{"code":"Z20.89","title":"Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other communicable diseases","description":"Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other communicable diseases is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (Z20.89). 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Excludes2 (not included here): personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases (Z86.1-).","isBillable":true,"slug":"z20.9-contact-with-and-suspected-exposure-to-unspecified-communicable-disease"}],"hierarchy":[],"relatedCodes":[],"relevantCPTCodes":[],"documentationTips":[],"caseStudies":[],"description":"","overview":""}