Z22 is the ICD-10 code for Carrier of infectious disease. It is a three-character category divided into 9 subcodes; use the subcode whenever the record supports that level of detail. It belongs to the block Z20–Z29 (Persons with potential health hazards related to communicable diseases) in Chapter XXI, Factors influencing health status and contact with health services.
- Code type
- Category (3 characters)
- Chapter
- XXI · Z00–Z99
- Classification
- WHO ICD-10, 2019 version
What Z22 includes
Conditions and terms that are coded here.
- suspected carrier
Subcodes of Z22
- Z22.0Carrier of typhoid
- Z22.1Carrier of other intestinal infectious diseases
- Z22.2Carrier of diphtheria
- Z22.3Carrier of other specified bacterial diseases
- Z22.4Carrier of infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission
- Z22.6Carrier of human T-lymphotropic virus type- 1 [HTLV-1] infection
- Z22.7Latent tuberculosis
- Z22.8Carrier of other infectious diseases
- Z22.9Carrier of infectious disease, unspecified
Z22 in national editions
Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.
DZ22Asymptomatisk bærer af infektiøs sygdom
Z22Infektiotaudin kantajuus
- Z22.5Virusmaksatulehduksen kantajuus
Z22Keimträger von Infektionskrankheiten
Z22Sujet porteur de germes responsables d'une maladie infectieuse
Z22drager van infectieziekte
Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.
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