Z16.29
Z16.29 — Resistance to other single specified antibiotic
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
Z16.29 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for resistance to other single specified antibiotic. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Resistance to aminoglycosides
- Resistance to macrolides
- Resistance to sulfonamides
- Resistance to tetracyclines
Risk adjustment
Z16.29 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 Z16.29 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 Z16.29.
- Resistance, resistant›organism›to›drug›aminoglycosides
- Resistance, resistant›organism›to›drug›macrolides
- Resistance, resistant›organism›to›drug›sulfonamides
- Resistance, resistant›organism›to›drug›tetracyclines
- Resistance, resistant›organism›to›drug›antibiotic›specified NEC
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z16.2. If Z16.29 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about Z16.29
- Is Z16.29 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. Z16.29 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does Z16.29 sit in the tabular list?
- Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99), in the block Resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16).