B96.21
B96.21: Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli [E. coli] [STEC] O157 as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
B96.21 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for shiga toxin-producing escherichia coli [e. coli] [stec] o157 as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere. It is valid for submission on a claim.
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Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- E. coli O157:H- (nonmotile) with confirmation of Shiga toxin
- E. coli O157 with confirmation of Shiga toxin when H antigen is unknown, or is not H7
- O157:H7 Escherichia coli [E. coli] with or without confirmation of Shiga toxin-production
- Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli [E. coli] O157:H7 with or without confirmation of Shiga toxin-production
- STEC O157:H7 with or without confirmation of Shiga toxin-production
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Escherichia coli, as cause of disease classified elsewhere›O157
- Escherichia coli, as cause of disease classified elsewhere›O157 with confirmation of Shiga toxin when H antigen is unknown, or is not H7
- Escherichia coli, as cause of disease classified elsewhere›O157:H- with confirmation of Shiga toxin(nonmotile)
- Escherichia coli, as cause of disease classified elsewhere›O157:H7 with or without confirmation of Shiga toxin-production
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under B96.2
- B96.20Unspecified Escherichia coli [E. coli] 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