Persons with potential health hazards related to

communicable diseases
(Z20-Z29)

Z20 Contact with and exposure to communicable diseases

Z20.0 Contact with and exposure to intestinal infectious diseases

Z20.1 Contact with and exposure to tuberculosis

Z20.2 Contact with and exposure to infections with a predominantly sexual mode
of transmission

Z20.3 Contact with and exposure to rabies

Z20.4 Contact with and exposure to rubella

Z20.5 Contact with and exposure to viral hepatitis

Z20.6 Contact with and exposure to human immunodeficiency virus [HIV]

Excludes: asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] infection

status ( Z21 )

Z20.7 Contact with and exposure to pediculosis, acariasis and other infestations

Z20.8 Contact with and exposure to other communicable diseases

Z20.9 Contact with and exposure to unspecified communicable disease

Z21 Asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] infection status

HIV positive NOS

Excludes: contact with or exposure to human immunodeficiency virus

[HIV] ( Z20.6 )
human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease ( B20-B24 )
laboratory evidence of human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] ( R75 )

Z22 Carrier of infectious disease

Includes: suspected carrier

Z22.0 Carrier of typhoid

Z22.1 Carrier of other intestinal infectious diseases

Z22.2 Carrier of diphtheria

Z22.3 Carrier of other specified bacterial diseases

Carrier of bacterial disease due to:

· meningococci
· staphylococci
· streptococci

Z22.4 Carrier of infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission

Carrier of:
· gonorrhoea
· syphilis

Z22.5 Carrier of viral hepatitis

Hepatitis B surface antigen [HBsAg] carrier

Z22.6 Carrier of human T-lymphotropic virus type- 1 [HTLV-1] infection

Z22.8 Carrier of other infectious diseases

Z22.9 Carrier of infectious disease, unspecified

Z23 Need for immunization against single bacterial diseases

Excludes: immunization:
· against combinations of diseases ( Z27.- )
· not carried out ( Z28.- )

Z23.0 Need for immunization against cholera alone

Z23.1 Need for immunization against typhoid-paratyphoid alone [TAB]

Z23.2 Need for immunization against tuberculosis [BCG]

Z23.3 Need for immunization against plague

Z23.4 Need for immunization against tularaemia

Z23.5 Need for immunization against tetanus alone

Z23.6 Need for immunization against diphtheria alone

Z23.7 Need for immunization against pertussis alone

Z23.8 Need for immunization against other single bacterial diseases

Z24 Need for immunization against certain single viral diseases

 Excludes: immunization:
· against combinations of diseases ( Z27.- )
· not carried out ( Z28.- )

Z24.0 Need for immunization against poliomyelitis

Z24.1 Need for immunization against arthropod-borne viral encephalitis

Z24.2 Need for immunization against rabies

Z24.3 Need for immunization against yellow fever

Z24.4 Need for immunization against measles alone

Z24.5 Need for immunization against rubella alone

Z24.6 Need for immunization against viral hepatitis

Z25 Need for immunization against other single viral diseases

Excludes: immunization:
· against combinations of diseases ( Z27.- )
· not carried out ( Z28.- )

Z25.0 Need for immunization against mumps alone

Z25.1 Need for immunization against influenza

Z25.8 Need for immunization against other specified single viral diseases

Z26 Need for immunization against other single infectious diseases

Excludes: immunization:
· against combinations of diseases ( Z27.- )
· not carried out ( Z28.- )

Z26.0 Need for immunization against leishmaniasis

Z26.8 Need for immunization against other specified single infectious diseases

Z26.9 Need for immunization against unspecified infectious disease

Need for immunization NOS

Z27 Need for immunization against combinations of infectious diseases

Excludes: immunization not carried out ( Z28.- )

Z27.0 Need for immunization against cholera with typhoid-paratyphoid [cholera
+ TAB]

Z27.1 Need for immunization against diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis, combined

[DTP]

Z27.2 Need for immunization against diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis with typhoid-

paratyphoid [DTP + TAB]

Z27.3 Need for immunization against diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis with

poliomyelitis [DTP + polio]

Z27.4 Need for immunization against measles-mumps-rubella [MMR]

Z27.8 Need for immunization against other combinations of infectious diseases

Z27.9 Need for immunization against unspecified combinations of infectious

diseases

Z28 Immunization not carried out

Z28.0 Immunization not carried out because of contraindication

Z28.1 Immunization not carried out because of patient's decision for reasons of
belief or group pressure

Z28.2 Immunization not carried out because of patient's decision for other and
unspecified reasons

Z28.8 Immunization not carried out for other reasons

Z28.9 Immunization not carried out for unspecified reason

Z29 Need for other prophylactic measures

Excludes: desensitization to allergens ( Z51.6 )

prophylactic surgery ( Z40.- )

Z29.0 Isolation

Admission to protect the individual from his or her surroundings or for isolation of
individual after contact with infectious disease

Z29.1 Prophylactic immunotherapy

Administration of immunoglobulin

Z29.2 Other prophylactic chemotherapy

Chemoprophylaxis
Prophylactic antibiotic therapy
Z29.8 Other specified prophylactic measures

Z29.9 Prophylactic measure, unspecified