A49.02
A49.02: Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection, unspecified site
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
A49.02 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus infection, unspecified site. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check A49.02 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above A49.02
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above A49.02
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with A49.02
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.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- MRSA›infection
- Infection, infected, infective›methicillin›resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA)
- Infection, infected, infective›staphylococcal, unspecified site›aureus›methicillin resistant(MRSA)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.