Other contact with and (suspected) exposures hazardous to health - Z77

This notation helps users understand the scope of a code Z77 category and provides additional information about the conditions or terms that fall under that category.

Category Includes:

contact with and (suspected) exposures to potential hazards to health

Excludes2: This note means that the conditions described by two codes are not usually associated with each other but can sometimes occur together.

Type 2 Excludes:

contact with and (suspected) exposure to communicable diseases (Z20.-)
exposure to (parental) (environmental) tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81)
newborn affected by noxious substances transmitted via placenta or breast milk (P04.-)
occupational exposure to risk factors (Z57.-)
retained foreign body (Z18.-)
retained foreign body fully removed (Z87.821)
toxic effects of substances chiefly nonmedicinal as to source (T51-T65)

These ranges represents subcategories of Other contact with and (suspected) exposures hazardous to health. The "Z77" signifies that these are the diseases within this broad category.

Codes:

Z77.0 - Contact with and (suspected) exposure to hazardous, chiefly nonmedicinal, chemicals
Z77.01 - Contact with and (suspected) exposure to hazardous metals
Z77.010 - Contact with and (suspected) exposure to arsenic
Z77.011 - Contact with and (suspected) exposure to lead
Z77.012 - Contact with and (suspected) exposure to uranium
Z77.018 - Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other hazardous metals
Z77.02 - Contact with and (suspected) exposure to hazardous aromatic compounds
Z77.020 - Contact with and (suspected) exposure to aromatic amines
Z77.021 - Contact with and (suspected) exposure to benzene
Z77.028 - Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other hazardous aromatic compounds
Z77.09 - Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other hazardous, chiefly nonmedicinal, chemicals
Z77.090 - Contact with and (suspected) exposure to asbestos
Z77.098 - Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other hazardous, chiefly nonmedicinal, chemicals
Z77.1 - Contact with and (suspected) exposure to environmental pollution and hazards in the physical environment
Z77.11 - Contact with and (suspected) exposure to environmental pollution
Z77.110 - Contact with and (suspected) exposure to air pollution
Z77.111 - Contact with and (suspected) exposure to water pollution
Z77.112 - Contact with and (suspected) exposure to soil pollution
Z77.118 - Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other environmental pollution
Z77.12 - Contact with and (suspected) exposure to hazards in the physical environment
Z77.120 - Contact with and (suspected) exposure to mold (toxic)
Z77.121 - Contact with and (suspected) exposure to harmful algae and algae toxins
Z77.122 - Contact with and (suspected) exposure to noise
Z77.123 - Contact with and (suspected) exposure to radon and other naturally occurring radiation
Z77.128 - Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other hazards in the physical environment
Z77.2 - Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other hazardous substances
Z77.21 - Contact with and (suspected) exposure to potentially hazardous body fluids
Z77.22 - Contact with and (suspected) exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (acute) (chronic)
Z77.29 - Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other hazardous substances
Z77.9 - Other contact with and (suspected) exposures hazardous to health