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Z86.15

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Personal history of latent tuberculosis infection

This code does not map to an HCC category in any model (V28, V24, ESRD, RxHCC).

What This Code Means

A patient who has been exposed to tuberculosis and has the dormant infection in their body but is not currently sick.

Coding Tips

  • •Distinguish this from Z86.11 (active TB history) and from R76.11 (positive TB skin test without disease)
  • •Important for monitoring and potential preventive therapy decisions

Code Hierarchy

└Z86Personal history of certain other diseases└Z86.1Personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases└Z86.15Personal history of latent tuberculosis infection
└Z86.15Personal history of latent tuberculosis infection

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