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Z16.3

Resistance to other antimicrobial drugs

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 7 more specific codes instead:

  • Z16.30 Resistance to unspecified antimicrobial drugs
  • Z16.31 Resistance to antiparasitic drug(s)
  • Z16.32 Resistance to antifungal drug(s)
  • Z16.33 Resistance to antiviral drug(s)
  • Z16.34 Resistance to antimycobacterial drug(s) (also a header)
  • Z16.35 Resistance to multiple antimicrobial drugs
  • Z16.39 Resistance to other specified antimicrobial drug

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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Resistance to other antimicrobial drugs

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

CodeDescriptionStatus
Z16.1 Resistance to beta lactam antibiotics Not billable
Z16.2 Resistance to other antibiotics Not billable