STD Exposure ICD-10-CM Codes | 2023
Read this short guide to learn about STD Exposure ICD codes you can use!
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What STD Exposure ICD-10 Codes Can I Use?
If you’re looking for STD Exposure ICD codes, there is only one that fits it, and that’s Z20.2 - Contact with and (suspected) exposure to infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission.
This is meant to be used on a patient confirmed to have been in contact with someone with a sexually transmitted disease, and they have been potentially exposed to whatever STD the person has because the patient engaged in sexual activity with a person.
Please note that this ICD-10 code is unacceptable as a principal diagnosis. It’s meant to explain they’ve been exposed to someone with an STD, not to diagnose someone with it.
Is this lone STD Exposure ICD-10 Code Billable?
Yes. While this ICD-10 code for STD Exposure is unacceptable as a principal diagnosis, it is valid in general and billable.
Clinical Information about STD Exposure:
When medical professionals refer to STD exposure, they’re not referring to having STD. It’s meant to say that a patient has been in contact with a person with a sexually transmitted disease, and the patient might have been exposed to whatever STD that person has.
A person can gain an STD through sexual activities, whether sexual intercourse, anal sex, oral sex, and exchanging bodily fluids. If the STD is herpes, it can spread through skin-to-skin contact between sex partners.
People need to be aware of their sex partner’s sexual health history so they can make informed decisions about whether or not they should sleep with them. Knowing a sex partner’s sexual health history can prevent a person from putting themself at risk of being infected with an STD.
Synonyms Include:
- Exposure to STD
- Exposure to sexually transmitted diseases
- Exposure to chlamydia
- Exposure to Chlamydia trachomatis
- Exposure to genital trichomoniasis
- Exposure to lymphogranuloma venereum
- Exposure to Neisseria gonorrhoeae
- Exposure to sexually transmissible disorder
- Exposure to Treponema pallidum
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Commonly asked questions
Besides knowing a sex partner’s sexual health history beforehand, it’s best to practice safe sex always and use condoms, dental dams, or latex/nitrile gloves.
It’s best to see a healthcare professional regularly to get checked for STDs because they are often asymptomatic. If a person has flu-like symptoms, genital sores, and discharge, they might have an STD.
The most common STDs are chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, and herpes.
