Z77 Non-Billable Code
Other contact with and (suspected) exposures hazardous to health
Chapter Classification
Chapter 21
Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99)
Section Detail
Z77-Z99
Persons with potential health hazards related to family and personal history and certain conditions influencing health status (Z77-Z99)
Coding Guidelines & Notes
includes
- contact with and (suspected) exposures to potential hazards to health
excludes2
- 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)
More Specific Diagnosis Codes
This code is not billable as it requires a higher level of specificity. Select a more specific code below.
- Z77.0 - Contact with and (suspected) exposure to hazardous, chiefly nonmedicinal, chemicals
- Z77.1 - Contact with and (suspected) exposure to environmental pollution and hazards in the physical environment
- Z77.2 - Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other hazardous substances
- Z77.3 - Contact with and (suspected) exposure to war theater
- Z77.9 - Other contact with and (suspected) exposures hazardous to health Billable
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