Resistance to beta lactam antibiotics

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 5 more specific codes instead:

Z16.10 Resistance to unspecified beta lactam antibiotics
Z16.11 Resistance to penicillins
Z16.12 Extended spectrum beta lactamase (ESBL) resistance
Z16.13 Resistance to carbapenem
Z16.19 Resistance to other specified beta lactam antibiotics

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Resistance to beta lactam antibiotics

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 Z16 Resistance to antimicrobial drugs

Excludes1 - never coded here

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection (A49.02)
Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia (J15.212)
Sepsis due to Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (A41.02)

Code first

the infection

Note

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.

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
Z16.2	Resistance to other antibiotics	Not billable
Z16.3	Resistance to other antimicrobial drugs	Not billable