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Z22.59

Carrier of other viral hepatitis

RetiredICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

No longer in the code set. Submitting it will not be accepted for a current date of service.

Billable FY2016 only. In the code set FY2016 only, and removed after that.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Carrier of other viral hepatitis
  2. FY2017 Removed from the code set

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from Z22 Carrier of infectious disease

Excludes2 - not included here

  • carrier of viral hepatitis (B18.-)

Includes

  • colonization status
  • suspected carrier

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
Z22.50 Carrier of unspecified viral hepatitis Retired
Z22.51 Carrier of viral hepatitis B Retired
Z22.52 Carrier of viral hepatitis C Retired