B96.2
B96.2 — Escherichia coli [E. coli ] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
B96.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for escherichia coli [e. coli ] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
B96.2 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead B96.2
5 child codes. Green means billable.
- B96.20Unspecified Escherichia coli [E. coli] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
- B96.21Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli [E. coli] [STEC] O157 as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
- B96.22Other specified Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli [E. coli] [STEC] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
- B96.23Unspecified Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli [E. coli] [STEC] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
- B96.29Other Escherichia coli [E. coli] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
Related codes at this level
Codes that share B96. If B96.2 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- B96.0Mycoplasma pneumoniae [M. pneumoniae] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
- B96.1Klebsiella pneumoniae [K. pneumoniae] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
- B96.3Hemophilus 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
Questions about B96.2
- Is B96.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. B96.2 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does B96.2 sit in the tabular list?
- Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Bacterial and viral infectious agents (B95-B97).