Carrier of infectious disease (Z22)
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Clinical Information
Latent Tuberculosis - The dormant form of TUBERCULOSIS where the person shows no obvious symptoms and no sign of the causative agent (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) in the SPUTUM despite being positive for tuberculosis infection skin test.
Instructional Notations
Includes
This note appears immediately under a three character code title to further define, or give examples of, the content of the category.
- colonization status
- suspected carrier
Type 2 Excludes
A type 2 excludes note represents "Not included here". An excludes2 note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition represented by the code, but a patient may have both conditions at the same time. When an Excludes2 note appears under a code, it is acceptable to use both the code and the excluded code together, when appropriate.
- carrier of viral hepatitis B18
Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00–Z99)
Persons with potential health hazards related to communicable diseases (Z20-Z29)
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
- Z22.31 Carrier of bacterial disease due to meningococci
Z22.32 Carrier of bacterial disease due to staphylococci
- Z22.321 Carrier or suspected carrier of Methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus
- Z22.322 Carrier or suspected carrier of Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Z22.33 Carrier of bacterial disease due to streptococci
- Z22.330 Carrier of Group B streptococcus
- Z22.338 Carrier of other streptococcus
Z22.34 Carrier of Acinetobacter baumannii NEW CODE
- Z22.340 Carrier of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii NEW CODE
- Z22.341 Carrier of carbapenem-sensitive Acinetobacter baumannii NEW CODE
- Z22.349 Carrier of Acinetobacter baumannii, unspecified NEW CODE
Z22.35 Carrier of Enterobacterales NEW CODE
- Z22.350 Carrier of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales NEW CODE
- Z22.358 Carrier of other Enterobacterales NEW CODE
- Z22.359 Carrier of Enterobacterales, unspecified NEW CODE
- Z22.39 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
Carrier of infectious disease (Z22)