ICD-10-CM › A00-B99 › B95-B97 › B95 Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, and... › B95.6
B95.6
Staphylococcus aureus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 2 more specific codes instead:
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Staphylococcus aureus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from the B95-B97 section Bacterial and viral infectious agents (B95-B97)
Note
- These categories are provided for use as supplementary or additional codes to identify the infectious agent(s) in diseases classified elsewhere.
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| B95.0 | Streptococcus, group A, as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere | Valid |
| B95.1 | Streptococcus, group B, as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere | Valid |
| B95.2 | Enterococcus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere | Valid |
| B95.3 | Streptococcus pneumoniae as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere | Valid |
| B95.4 | Other streptococcus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere | Valid |
| B95.5 | Unspecified streptococcus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere | Valid |
| B95.7 | Other staphylococcus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere | Valid |
| B95.8 | Unspecified staphylococcus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere | Valid |