Z22 Carrier of infectious disease

Category / Non-billable header 25 subcodes

Block: Persons with potential health hazards related to communicable diseases (Z20-Z29)

Includes

  • colonization status
  • suspected carrier

Excludes 2 (not included here)

  • carrier of viral hepatitis (B18.-)

Subcodes

Subcodes are listed below for reference. Detail pages are not available for chapters 11–22.

Code Description Billable
Z22..0 Carrier of typhoid Yes
Z22..1 Carrier of other intestinal infectious diseases Yes
Z22..2 Carrier of diphtheria Yes
Z22..3 Carrier of other specified bacterial diseases No
Z22..31 Carrier of bacterial disease due to meningococci Yes
Z22..32 Carrier of bacterial disease due to staphylococci No
Z22..321 Carrier or suspected carrier of Methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Yes
Z22..322 Carrier or suspected carrier of Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus Yes
Z22..33 Carrier of bacterial disease due to streptococci No
Z22..330 Carrier of Group B streptococcus Yes
Z22..338 Carrier of other streptococcus Yes
Z22..34 Carrier of Acinetobacter baumannii No
Z22..340 Carrier of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Yes
Z22..341 Carrier of carbapenem-sensitive Acinetobacter baumannii Yes
Z22..349 Carrier of Acinetobacter baumannii, unspecified Yes
Z22..35 Carrier of Enterobacterales No
Z22..350 Carrier of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales Yes
Z22..358 Carrier of other Enterobacterales Yes
Z22..359 Carrier of Enterobacterales, unspecified Yes
Z22..39 Carrier of other specified bacterial diseases Yes
Z22..4 Carrier of infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission Yes
Z22..6 Carrier of human T-lymphotropic virus type-1 [HTLV-1] infection Yes
Z22..7 Latent tuberculosis Yes
Z22..8 Carrier of other infectious diseases Yes
Z22..9 Carrier of infectious disease, unspecified Yes

Last reviewed: September 2026