Antibiotic Resistant Organism

Under ICD10 antibiotic resistance will be coded separately from the pathogen. See Category:Antibiotic_resistance.

Old dx coding schema

We collect data about ARO – Antibiotic Resistant Organisms as part of our general collection of information about Pathogens.

• Enterococcus -vancomycin-resistant (VRE)
• ESBL - ESBL or MRO
• MRSA

We also collect MRSA Colonization (without Infection) as a specific diagnosis.

We used to code VRE, ESBL and MRO Colonization