AIDS stands for Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is chronic disease. This is also known as HIV – Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome. HIV infection weakens the body’s ability to fight infection and disease. HIV spread by contact with infected blood and from illicit injection use or sharing needles. HIV also spread due unprotected sexual activity with HIV positive person a as well.
As per medical updates there’s no cure for HIV or AIDS but can control the infection and prevent progression of the disease.
Symptoms of HIV or AIDS:
- Headache
- Cough
- Fever
- Muscle aches
- joint pain
- Rashes
- Sore throat and painful mouth sores
- Swollen lymph on the neck
- Diarrhea
- Weight loss
- Night sweats
- Fatigue
- Shingles
- Pneumonia
How HIV Transmitted ?
HIV transmitted from one body to another by below
- Blood
- Pre-seminal fluids
- Male reproductory white fluid
- Rectal fluids
- Vaginal fluids
- Breast milk, etc
ICD 10 Code for HIV
The ICD 10 code for HIV is Z21. The other HIV related ICD-10 codes are as under
| ICD Codes | Description |
| Z20.810 | Contact with and (suspected) exposure to anthrax |
| Z20.811 | Contact with and (suspected) exposure to meningococcus |
| Z20.818 | Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other bacterial communicable diseases |
| Z20.82 | Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other viral communicable diseases |
| Z20.820 | Contact with and (suspected) exposure to varicella |
| Z20.821 | Contact with and (suspected) exposure to Zika virus |
| Z20.822 | Contact with and (suspected) exposure to COVID-19 |
| Z20.828 | Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other viral communicable diseases |
| Z20.89 | Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other communicable diseases |
| Z20.9 | Contact with and (suspected) exposure to unspecified communicable disease |
| Z21 | Asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] infection status |
| Z22 | Carrier of infectious disease |
| Z22.0 | Carrier of typhoid |
| Z22.1 | Carrier of other intestinal infectious diseases |
| Z22.2 | Carrier of diphtheria |
| Z22.3 | Carrier of other specified bacterial diseases |
| Z22.31 | Carrier of bacterial disease due to meningococci |
| Z22.32 | Carrier of bacterial disease due to staphylococci |
| Z22.321 | Carrier or suspected carrier of Methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus |
| Z22.322 | Carrier or suspected carrier of Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
| Z22.33 | Carrier of bacterial disease due to streptococci |
Note – The article reference is American Medical Association (AMA), Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services, AAPC , etc
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