Z222026
Non-billable
Carrier of infectious disease
Z22 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category (header) code for Carrier of infectious disease; a more specific code below it is required for claims in the FY2026 code set.
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Z22
Carrier of infectious disease...typhoid
...other intestinal infectious diseases
...diphtheria
...other specified bacterial diseases
...infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission
...human T-lymphotropic virus type-1 [HTLV-1] infection
Latent tuberculosis
...other infectious diseases
...disease, unspecified
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Chapter 21: Factors Influencing Health Status
Official coding guidelines for Z00-Z99