Z16.24

Z16.24: Resistance to multiple antibiotics

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

Z16.24 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for resistance to multiple antibiotics. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Z16.24 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z16.24

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on Z16: Resistance to antimicrobial drugs

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection (A49.02)
Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia (J15.212)
Sepsis due to Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (A41.02)

Other codes that can never be billed with Z16.24

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

Z16.35Resistance to multiple antimicrobial drugs

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Resistance, resistant›organism›to›drug›antibiotic›multiple
Resistance, resistant›organism›to›drug›multiple drugs›antibiotics

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Z16.2