A49.0
A49.0: Staphylococcal infection, unspecified site
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
A49.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for staphylococcal infection, unspecified site. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above A49.0
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above A49.0
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with A49.0
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- Z16Resistance to antimicrobial drugs
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead A49.0
2 child codes. Green means billable.