Note: | This chapter should not be used for international comparison or for primary mortality coding. |
Categories Z00-Z99 are provided for occasions when circumstances other than a disease, injury or external cause classifiable to categories A00-Y89 are recorded as "diagnoses" or "problems". This can arise in two main ways:
Z00-Z13 | Persons encountering health services for examination and investigation | ||
Z20-Z29 | Persons with potential health hazards related to communicable diseases | ||
Z30-Z39 | Persons encountering health services in circumstances related to reproduction | ||
Z40-Z54 | Persons encountering health services for specific procedures and health care | ||
Z55-Z65 | Persons with potential health hazards related to socioeconomic and psychosocial circumstances | ||
Z70-Z76 | Persons encountering health services in other circumstances | ||
Z80-Z99 | Persons with potential health hazards related to family and personal history and certain conditions influencing health status |