Staphylococcus aureus
| ICD10 Diagnosis | |
| Dx: | Staphylococcus aureus |
| ICD10 code: | B95.6 |
| Pre-ICD10 counterpart: | none assigned |
| Charlson/ALERT Scale: | none |
| APACHE Como Component: | none |
| APACHE Acute Component: | none |
| Start Date: | |
| Stop Date: | |
| Data Dependencies(Reports/Indicators/Data Elements): | No results |
| External ICD10 Documentation | |
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Additional Info
- Use this code only for Staph aureus
- To code MRSA 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 infection
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