Under ICD10 antibiotic resistance will be combined coded with the pathogen.

Antibiotic resistance codes:
Resistance to antimicrobials, antibiotic, resistance to other beta lactams Resistance to antimicrobials, antifungal drug Resistance to antimicrobials, antiparasitic drug Resistance to antimicrobials, antiviral agent Resistance to antimicrobials, classic anti-mycobacterial agent Resistance to antimicrobials, drug NOS Resistance to antimicrobials, extended spectrum beta lactamase (ESBL) Resistance to antimicrobials, methicillin (anti-staph penicillins) Resistance to antimicrobials, miscellaneous antibacterial antibiotics Resistance to antimicrobials, vancomycin Resistance to carbapenem antibiotics

Template:ICD10 Need to clean out the old info when we move over.

Old dx coding schema

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

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