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ICD-10: Z16

Resistance to antimicrobial drugs

Coding Guidelines

Code First

  • the infection

Excludes 1

  • Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection (A49.02)
  • Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia (J15.212)
  • Sepsis due to Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (A41.02)

Subcategories

Z16.3
Resistance to other antimicrobial drugs
Z16.1
Resistance to beta lactam antibiotics
Z16.2
Resistance to other antibiotics

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