ICD-Code Z22: Carrier of infectious disease
- 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
- Z22.6 Carrier of human T-lymphotropic virus type- 1 [HTLV-1] infection
- Z22.7 Latent tuberculosis
- Z22.8 Carrier of other infectious diseases
- Z22.9 Carrier of infectious disease, unspecified
Note
In outpatient care, the ICD code on medical documents is always appended with a diagnostic confidence indicator (A, G, V or Z): A (excluded diagnosis), G (confirmed diagnosis), V (tentative diagnosis) and Z (condition after a confirmed diagnosis).
Source
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