B96
B96: Other bacterial agents as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
B96 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other bacterial agents as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with B96
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- A49Bacterial infection of unspecified site
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 B96
9 child codes. Green means billable.
- B96.0Mycoplasma pneumoniae [M. pneumoniae] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
- B96.1Klebsiella pneumoniae [K. pneumoniae] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
- B96.2Escherichia coli [E. coli ] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
- B96.3Hemophilus influenzae [H. influenzae] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
- B96.4Proteus (mirabilis) (morganii) as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
- B96.5Pseudomonas (aeruginosa) (mallei) (pseudomallei) as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
- B96.6Bacteroides fragilis [B. fragilis] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
- B96.7Clostridium perfringens [C. perfringens] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
- B96.8Other specified bacterial agents as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere