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== Additional Info == | == Additional Info == | ||
*Use this code only for ''Staph aureus'' | *Use this code '''only''' for ''Staph aureus'' | ||
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*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]] | ||