Z77.11 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to environmental pollution

Non-billable header with 4 child codes.

Applies from Z77 Other contact with and (suspected) exposures hazardous to health

Includes

• contact with and (suspected) exposures to potential hazards to health

Excludes2 (not included here)

• 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)

Codes under Z77.11

• Z77.110 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to air pollution
• Z77.111 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to water pollution
• Z77.112 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to soil pollution
• Z77.118 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other environmental pollution

Code annotations containing back-references to Z77.11

Back-references to Z77.1

• Type 2 Excludes: Z59.1 Inadequate housing ("problems related to the natural and physical environment (Z77.1-)")
• Type 2 Excludes: Z91 Personal risk factors, not elsewhere classified ("exposure to pollution and other problems related to physical environment (Z77.1-)")

Back-references to Z77

• Type 2 Excludes: P04 Newborn affected by noxious substances transmitted via placenta or breast milk ("newborn in contact with and (suspected) exposures hazardous to health not transmitted via placenta or breast milk (Z77.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: Z03 Encounter for medical observation for suspected diseases and conditions ruled out ("contact with and (suspected) exposures hazardous to health (Z77.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: Z13.88 Encounter for screening for disorder due to exposure to contaminants ("those exposed to contaminants without suspected disorders (Z57.-, Z77.-)")
• Type 2 Excludes: Z91 Personal risk factors, not elsewhere classified ("contact with and (suspected) exposures hazardous to health (Z77.-)")

Nearby codes

• Z77.028 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other hazardous aromatic compounds
• Z77.09 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other hazardous, chiefly nonmedicinal, chemicals
• Z77.090 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to asbestos
• Z77.098 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other hazardous, chiefly nonmedicinal, chemicals
• Z77.1 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to environmental pollution and hazards in the physical environment
• Z77.11 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to environmental pollution (this code)
• Z77.110 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to air pollution
• Z77.111 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to water pollution
• Z77.112 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to soil pollution
• Z77.118 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other environmental pollution
• Z77.12 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to hazards in the physical environment