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

Category / Non-billable header 41 subcodes

Block: Persons with potential health hazards related to family and personal history and certain conditions influencing health status (Z77-Z99)

Includes

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

Excludes 2 (not included here)

  • 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)

Subcodes

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

Code Description Billable
Z77..0 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to hazardous, chiefly nonmedicinal, chemicals No
Z77..01 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to hazardous metals No
Z77..010 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to arsenic Yes
Z77..011 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to lead Yes
Z77..012 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to uranium Yes
Z77..013 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to gadolinium Yes
Z77..018 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other hazardous metals Yes
Z77..02 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to hazardous aromatic compounds No
Z77..020 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to aromatic amines Yes
Z77..021 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to benzene Yes
Z77..028 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other hazardous aromatic compounds Yes
Z77..09 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other hazardous, chiefly nonmedicinal, chemicals No
Z77..090 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to asbestos Yes
Z77..098 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other hazardous, chiefly nonmedicinal, chemicals Yes
Z77..1 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to environmental pollution and hazards in the physical environment No
Z77..11 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to environmental pollution No
Z77..110 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to air pollution Yes
Z77..111 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to water pollution Yes
Z77..112 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to soil pollution Yes
Z77..118 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other environmental pollution Yes
Z77..12 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to hazards in the physical environment No
Z77..120 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to mold (toxic) Yes
Z77..121 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to harmful algae and algae toxins Yes
Z77..122 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to noise Yes
Z77..123 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to radon and other naturally occurring radiation Yes
Z77..128 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other hazards in the physical environment Yes
Z77..2 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other hazardous substances No
Z77..21 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to potentially hazardous body fluids Yes
Z77..22 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (acute) (chronic) Yes
Z77..29 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other hazardous substances Yes
Z77..3 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to war theater No
Z77..31 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to Gulf War theater Yes
Z77..32 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to burn pits in war theater Yes
Z77..33 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to Agent Orange Yes
Z77..39 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other war theater Yes
Z77..4 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to blast overpressure No
Z77..40 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to unspecified blast overpressure Yes
Z77..41 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to low-level blast overpressure Yes
Z77..42 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to high-level blast overpressure Yes
Z77..49 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other blast overpressure Yes
Z77..9 Other contact with and (suspected) exposures hazardous to health Yes

Last reviewed: September 2026