Z00-Z13: Persons encountering health services for examination and investigation
Z11: Special screening examination for infectious and parasitic diseases
There are various kinds of pathogens. They include bacteria and viruses. For example, certain single-cell organisms or worms can also cause infection. Some pathogens can only be detected in a laboratory with quite specific examinations.
Subcodes of Z11:
- Z11.0: Special screening examination for intestinal infectious diseases
- Z11.1: Special screening examination for respiratory tuberculosis
- Z11.2: Special screening examination for other bacterial diseases
- Z11.3: Special screening examination for infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission
- Z11.4: Special screening examination for human immunodeficiency virus [HIV]
- Z11.5: Special screening examination for other viral diseases
- Z11.6: Special screening examination for other protozoal diseases and helminthiases
- Z11.8: Special screening examination for other infectious and parasitic diseases
- Z11.9: Special screening examination for infectious and parasitic diseases, unspecified
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