ICD Code Z11.59

ICD code Z11.59 is an encounter for screening for other specified infectious diseases.

1. Patient presents for an encounter specifically for screening for infectious and parasitic diseases.

2. No signs or symptoms of a specific infectious or parasitic disease are present at the time of the encounter.

3. The screening is not limited to a single disease but may include multiple infectious or parasitic diseases.

4. The patient does not have a confirmed diagnosis of any infectious or parasitic disease being screened for.

5. The encounter is preventive in nature, rather than diagnostic or therapeutic.

Relevant CPT codes that may be used to treat ICD code Z11.59 include:

- 87880 (Infectious agent detection by immunoassay with direct optical observation; Streptococcus, group A)

- 87491 (Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid [DNA or RNA]; Chlamydia trachomatis, amplified probe technique)

- 87591 (Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid [DNA or RNA]; Neisseria gonorrhoeae, amplified probe technique)

- 87624 (Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid [DNA or RNA]; Human papillomavirus, high-risk types)

- 86701 (Antibody; HIV-1)

- 86703 (Antibody; HIV-1 and HIV-2, single result)

- 87389 (Infectious agent antigen detection by enzyme immunoassay technique, qualitative or semiquantitative, multiple-step method; HIV-1 antigen[s], with HIV-1 and HIV-2 antibodies, single result)

- 87536 (Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid [DNA or RNA]; HIV-1, quantification)

- 87801 (Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid [DNA or RNA], multiple organisms; direct probe technique)

- 87806 (Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay with direct optical observation; HIV-1 and HIV-2, single result)

These CPT codes are commonly associated with screening for infectious diseases as indicated by ICD code Z11.59.

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