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Z20.8

⚠ Non-billable (Header)

Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other communicable diseases

Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99)

⚠️ This is a category header code — not billable. Use a more specific child code below.

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inherited from Z20

Rules from parent category Z20: Contact with and (suspected) exposure to communicable diseases

  • • carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)
  • • diagnosed current infectious or parasitic disease -see Alphabetic Index

⚠️ Excludes2

inherited from Z20

Rules from parent category Z20: Contact with and (suspected) exposure to communicable diseases

  • • personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases (Z86.1-)

Child Codes (3)

Z20.81Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other bacterial communicable diseasesZ20.82Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other viral communicable diseasesZ20.89Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other communicable diseases

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Code Information

CodeZ20.8
BillableNo — Header code
ParentZ20
CategoryFactors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99)
Excludes12 rule(s)
Excludes21 note(s)
Child codes3

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CMS ICD-10-CM 2026 Tabular List

Updated October 1, 2025 (FY2026)