Z16.30

Z16.30: Resistance to unspecified antimicrobial drugs

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

Z16.30 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for resistance to unspecified antimicrobial drugs. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Drug resistance NOS

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z16.30

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on Z16.3: Resistance to other antimicrobial drugs

resistance to antibiotics (Z16.1-, Z16.2-)

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)

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Drug›resistant organism infection
Resistance, resistant›organism›to›drug
Resistance, resistant›organism›to›drug›antimicrobial(single)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Z16.3