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A49.02
Billable

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection, unspecified site

Chapter 1: Certain infectious and parasitic diseases

Inclusion Terms

1 item
  • Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection

Billable Code

A49.02 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

Referenced in Diagnoses

Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation

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mrsa bacteremia
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

Additional Information from Parent Codes

The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.

Includes

1 item

From A00-B99:

  • diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible

Excludes1

6 items

From A00-B99:

  • certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters

From A49:

  • bacterial agents as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere (B95-B96)
  • chlamydial infection NOS (A74.9)
  • meningococcal infection NOS (A39.9)
  • rickettsial infection NOS (A79.9)
  • spirochetal infection NOS (A69.9)

Excludes2

4 items

From A00-B99:

  • carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)
  • infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)
  • infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)
  • influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)

Use Additional Code

1 item

From A00-B99:

  • code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)
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