Following ICD-10 guidelines, if a patient has or has had an HIV related condition, use B20 AIDS. If the patient has a positive HIV status, without symptoms or related conditions, use Z21.
ICD-10-CM Code for Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium O98. 7.
Patients with asymptomatic HIV infection status admitted during pregnancy, childbirth, or the puerperium should receive codes of 647.8X and V08.
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 042 : Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease. ICD-9-CM 042 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 042 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015.
ICD-10-CM Code for Pneumocystosis B59.
The code description for B20 is human immunodeficiency virus disease, therefore HIV disease is included in B20, according to the Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting. That excludes note is specifically referring to a patient that has an asymptomatic HIV infection status, also known as HIV positive.
If a patient is admitted for an HIV-related condition, B20 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease should be sequenced first, followed by additional diagnosis codes for all reported HIV-related conditions.
When a patient is admitted for an HIV-related condition, sequence B20 Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease first, followed by additional diagnosis codes for all reported HIV-related conditions.
Code Z21 is used for patients who are asymptomatic, meaning they are HIV positive but have never had an HIV-related condition. Once that patient experiences an HIV-related condition, the Z21 code is no longer appropriate.