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== Additional Info ==
== Additional Info ==
*Use this code only for ''Staph aureus''
*Use this code '''only''' for ''Staph aureus''
** to code MRSA do we use [[Staphylococcus aureus ]] and [[Colonized with organism (not infected) ]]
 
*To code MRSA [[Combined ICD10 codes|combined code]] the following
** [[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 infectionn]]
 
== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition ==
== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition ==
*[[Staphylococcus, NOS]]
*[[Staphylococcus, NOS]]