Z16 is a non-billable/non-specific diagnosis code from the 2026 ICD-10-CM used to classify the following condition: Resistance to antimicrobial drugs.
Notes
The codes in this category are provided for use as additional codes to identify the resistance and non-responsiveness of a condition to antimicrobial drugs.
Code first
The infection
Type 1 excludes
Codes
Versions
2026
No changes
2025
No changes
2024
No changes
2023
No changes
2022
No changes
2021
No changes
2020
No changes
2019
No changes
2018
Code changed
Type 1 excludes
Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection (A49.02)Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in diseases classified elsewhere (B95.62)Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia (J15.212)Sepsis due to Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (A41.02)
- Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection (A49.02)
- Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia (J15.212)
- Sepsis due to Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (A41.02)
2017
No changes
2016
New code