icd 9 code for high risk exposure

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What is the ICd 10 code for occupational exposure?

Occupational exposure to unspecified risk factor 1 Z57.9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. 2 The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM Z57.9 became effective on October 1, 2020. 3 This is the American ICD-10-CM version of Z57.9 - other international versions of ICD-10 Z57.9 may differ.

What is a Z00-Z99?

Categories Z00-Z99 are provided for occasions when circumstances other than a disease, injury or external cause classifiable to categories A00 -Y89 are recorded as 'diagnoses' or 'problems'. This can arise in two main ways:

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