Z77.41BillableNon-CCNew for FY2027Unacceptable PrincipalPOA Exempt

Contact with and (suspected) exposure to low-level blast overpressure

Factors Influencing Health Status and Contact with Health Services·Contact with and (suspected) exposure to blast overpressure·subcategory·FY 2027

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Also indexed as: Contact, blast overpressure NOS, low-level; Exposure, blast overpressure NOS, low-level

Instructional notes

Includes: conditions that are coded here

  • Contact with and (suspected) exposure to LLB overpressure

Also applies, from Z77: Other contact with and (suspected) exposures hazardous to health

These notes sit on Z77 and apply to every code under it, including Z77.41.

Includes: conditions that are coded here

  • contact with and (suspected) exposures to potential hazards to health

Excludes2: not included here, code separately if applicable

  • contact with and (suspected) exposure to communicable diseases (Z20.-)
  • exposure to (parental) (environmental) tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81)
  • newborn affected by noxious substances transmitted via placenta or breast milk (P04.-)
  • occupational exposure to risk factors (Z57.-)
  • retained foreign body (Z18.-)
  • retained foreign body fully removed (Z87.821)
  • toxic effects of substances chiefly nonmedicinal as to source (T51-T65)

Also applies, from Persons with potential health hazards related to family and personal history and certain conditions influencing health status (Z77-Z99)

These notes sit on Z77-Z99 and apply to every code under it, including Z77.41.

Code also: add a code for this too, order depends on the encounter

  • any follow-up examination (Z08-Z09)

MS-DRGs

As the principal diagnosis, this code groups to these MS-DRGs (v44.0).

Code history

  • FY 2026: replaced Z77.9 (Other contact with and (suspected) exposures hazardous to health)