ICD-10-CM Code for Pneumonia due to Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus J15. 212.
ICD-10 Code for Methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus infection as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere- B95. 61- Codify by AAPC.
ICD-10 code J15. 21 for Pneumonia due to staphylococcus aureus is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the respiratory system .
Pneumonia due to Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus J15. 212 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
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ICD-10-CM Code for Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere B95. 62.
9: Fever, unspecified.
In the community (where you live, work, shop, and go to school), MRSA most often causes skin infections. In some cases, it causes pneumonia (lung infection) and other infections. If left untreated, MRSA infections can become severe and cause sepsis—the body's extreme response to an infection.
14 for Personal history of Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Factors influencing health status and contact with health services .
Staphylococcal pneumonia is caused by Staphylococcus aureus, gram-positive cocci that usually spread to the lung through the blood from other infected sites, most often the skin. Though a common community pathogen, it is found twice as frequently in pneumonias in hospitalized patients.
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a cause of staph infection that is difficult to treat because of resistance to some antibiotics. Staph infections—including those caused by MRSA—can spread in hospitals, other healthcare facilities, and in the community where you live, work, and go to school.
Following ICD-10 guidelines, if a patient has or has had an HIV related condition, use B20 AIDS. If the patient has a positive HIV status, without symptoms or related conditions, use Z21.