ICD Code Z20.828

ICD code Z20.828 is contact with and suspected exposure to other viral communicable diseases.

1. Patient has had close contact with a confirmed or suspected case of a communicable disease.

2. Patient is asymptomatic at the time of evaluation.

3. No laboratory confirmation of the communicable disease in the patient.

4. Encounter is for evaluation, screening, or observation due to the exposure risk.

5. Provider documents the exposure as a reason for the encounter.

Relevant CPT codes that may be used to treat ICD code Z20.828 include:

- 99499 (Unlisted evaluation and management service)

- 99441–99443 (Telephone evaluation and management service by a physician or other qualified health care professional)

- 99201–99215 (Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new or established patient)

- 99381–99397 (Preventive medicine evaluation and management)

- 99401–99404 (Preventive medicine counseling and/or risk factor reduction intervention)

- 99072 (Additional supplies, materials, and clinical staff time for pandemic-related infection prevention)

- 87635 (Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 [COVID-19], amplified probe technique)

- 87426 (Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay technique, SARS-CoV-2 [COVID-19])

- 86328, 86769 (Antibody testing for SARS-CoV-2)

Selection of CPT codes should be based on the specific services provided in relation to ICD code Z20.828.

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