Z22 Carrier of infectious disease

Non-billable header with 9 child codes.

Includes

• colonization status
• suspected carrier

Excludes2 (not included here)

• carrier of viral hepatitis (B18.-)

Applies from Z22 Carrier of infectious disease

Includes

• colonization status
• suspected carrier

Excludes2 (not included here)

• carrier of viral hepatitis (B18.-)

Codes under Z22

• 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
• Z22.4 Carrier of infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission
• Z22.6 Carrier of human T-lymphotropic virus type-1 [HTLV-1] infection
• Z22.7 Latent tuberculosis
• Z22.8 Carrier of other infectious diseases
• Z22.9 Carrier of infectious disease, unspecified

Code annotations containing back-references to Z22

Back-references to Z22

• Use Additional: O99.83 Other infection carrier state complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium ("code to identify the carrier state (Z22.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R82.7 Abnormal findings on microbiological examination of urine ("colonization status (Z22.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R83.5 Abnormal microbiological findings in cerebrospinal fluid ("colonization status (Z22.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R84.5 Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from respiratory organs and thorax ("colonization status (Z22.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R85.5 Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity ("colonization status (Z22.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R86.5 Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from male genital organs ("colonization status (Z22.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R87.5 Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from female genital organs ("colonization status (Z22.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R89.5 Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from other organs, systems and tissues ("colonization status (Z22.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: Z20 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to communicable diseases ("carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)")

Back-references to Z22

• Use Additional: O99.83 Other infection carrier state complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium ("code to identify the carrier state (Z22.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R82.7 Abnormal findings on microbiological examination of urine ("colonization status (Z22.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R83.5 Abnormal microbiological findings in cerebrospinal fluid ("colonization status (Z22.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R84.5 Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from respiratory organs and thorax ("colonization status (Z22.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R85.5 Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity ("colonization status (Z22.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R86.5 Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from male genital organs ("colonization status (Z22.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R87.5 Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from female genital organs ("colonization status (Z22.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R89.5 Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from other organs, systems and tissues ("colonization status (Z22.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: Z20 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to communicable diseases ("carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)")

Nearby codes

• Z22 Carrier of infectious disease (this code)
• 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
• Z22.31 Carrier of bacterial disease due to meningococci