B96.22 — Other specified Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli [E. coli] [STEC] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
B96.22 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified shiga toxin-producing escherichia coli [e. coli] [stec] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli [E. coli]
- Non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli [E. coli] with known O group
Risk adjustment
B96.22 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.
How B96.22 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to B96.22.
- Escherichia coli, as cause of disease classified elsewhere›non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing(with known O group)
- Escherichia coli, as cause of disease classified elsewhere›O157:H7 with or without confirmation of Shiga toxin-production›specified NEC
Related codes at this level
Codes that share B96.2. If B96.22 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- 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
- B96.23Unspecified 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
Questions about B96.22
- Is B96.22 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. B96.22 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does B96.22 sit in the tabular list?
- Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Bacterial and viral infectious agents (B95-B97).