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Z22.8 - Carrier of other infectious diseases


The ICD 10 Code for Carrier of other infectious diseases is listed as Z22.8.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: Z22.8
Description: Carrier of other infectious diseases
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
951 - Other Factors Influencing Health Status
Chapter Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99)
Block Persons with potential health hazards related to communicable diseases (Z20-Z28)
Parent Z22 - Carrier of infectious disease
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: V02.9 - Carrier or suspected carrier of other specified infectious organism (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of Z22.8:
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
Z22.5 - Carrier of viral hepatitis
Z22.6 - Carrier of human T-lymphotropic virus type-1 [HTLV-1] infection
Z22.9 - Carrier of infectious disease, unspecified