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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.
-=== MRSA ===
+{{ICD10 Guideline MRSA}}
-MRSA reporting is part of [[Critical Care Vital Signs Monitoring]].
-*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)]]
-** if actual infection, code the [[:category:Infection requiring pathogen]] or [[:category:Potential infection]] caused by MRSA
 == Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition ==