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Z77

Non-Billable (Header)

Other contact with and (suspected) exposures hazardous to health

Includes

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

Excludes 2 — Not included here, may code separately

  • 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)

Child Codes

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Z77Other contact with and (suspected) exposures hazardous to health
Z77Other contact with and (suspected) exposures hazardous to health

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