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What Z Codes Can Do for You
Published on Fri Apr 21, 2017
Z codes are your keys to documenting chronic conditions or underlying physical or social circumstances that can affect a patient’s current health status or treatment. ICD-10 classifies Z codes into 16 general categories, as follows: 1. Contact/Exposure: When a patient has been exposed to a communicable disease or has had contact with a factor hazardous to health, such as Z20.811 [...]