Z00-Z99
Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
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Z14-Z15
Genetic carrier and genetic susceptibility to disease
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Genetic carrier Z14
Genetic carrier Z14-
Clinical Information
description:the patient is considered as carrier based on the testing results. A carrier is an individual who carries an altered form of a gene which can lead to having a child or offspring in future generations with a genetic disorder.
An individual who is heterozygous for a recessive gene and thus does not express the recessive phenotype but can transmit the gene to offspring.