Z16 is a non-billable/non-specific diagnosis code from the 2025 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
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