Staphylococcus aureus: Difference between revisions

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 == Additional Info ==
-*Use this code '''only''' for ''Staph aureus''
+*Use this code '''only''' for ''Staph aureus'', use [[Staphylococcus, NOS]] for other staph.
+*WIKI link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staphylococcus_aureus
-*To code MRSA [[Combined ICD10 codes|combined code]] the following
+{{ICD10 Guideline MRSA}}
-** [[Staphylococcus aureus]]
-** [[Resistance to antimicrobials, methicillin (anti-staph pencillins)]]
-** if only colonized, no infection, code [[Colonized with organism (not infected)]], otherwise code the infection caused by MRSA; otherwise code the [[:category:Infection requiring pathogen]] or [[:category:Potential infection]]
 == Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition ==
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 == Candidate [[Combined ICD10 codes]] ==
+* possibly [[Isolation, infectious]]
 == Related Articles ==