Question

a healthy 38 year old female patient was examined by her family physician during a routine preventive exam. The patient has no specific problems, but is HIV positive without any other symptoms. ICD-10 code: ____.Z21

Answer 1

Z00.00 is the other code

General adult medicine exam without abnormal findings.

Answer 2

Answer – ICD-10 Code Z21

 

As stipulated in the diagnosis classification system created by Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ICD-10 Code Z21 is to be applied to indicate asymptomatic positive human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] infection status. That is, when a patient with no history or complaint of symptoms tests positive for HIV.