ICD-10-CM › Z00-Z99 › Z77-Z99 › Z77.1 Contact with and (suspected)... › Z77.12
Contact with and (suspected) exposure to hazards in the physical environment
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 5 more specific codes instead:
- Z77.120 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to mold (toxic)
- Z77.121 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to harmful algae and algae toxins
- Z77.122 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to noise
- Z77.123 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to radon and other naturally occurring radiation
- Z77.128 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other hazards in the physical environment
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Contact with and (suspected) exposure to hazards in the physical environment
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 Z77 Other contact with and (suspected) exposures hazardous to health
Excludes2 - not included here
- 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)
Includes
- contact with and (suspected) exposures to potential hazards to health
Inherited from the Z77-Z99 section Persons with potential health hazards related to family and personal history and certain conditions influencing health status (Z77-Z99)
Code also
- any follow-up examination (Z08-Z09)
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Environmental pollution related condition
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Z77.11 | Contact with and (suspected) exposure to environmental pollution | Not billable |