Is Z86.14 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. Z86.14 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does Z86.14 sit in the tabular list?

Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99), in the block Persons with potential health hazards related to family and personal history and certain conditions influencing health status (Z77-Z99).

What cannot be coded together with Z86.14?

Z86.14 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above Z86.14 (Z86.1) and apply to it just the same.

Z86.14

Z86.14 — Personal history of Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z86.14 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for personal history of methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus infection. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Inclusion terms

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

Personal history of MRSA infection

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z86.14

These are not written on Z86.14, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing Z86.14 with anything listed here is a denial.

Written on Z86.1 — Personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases

personal history of infectious diseases specific to a body system
sequelae of infectious and parasitic diseases (B90-B94)

Risk adjustment

Z86.14 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 Z86.14 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 Z86.14.

History›personal›Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA)
History›personal›infection NEC›Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA)
History›personal›disease or disorder›infectious›Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA)

The condition this code belongs to

Every code for the condition on one page, which one applies when, and the mistake coders make with it.

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Code history

Z86.14 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Z86.1. If Z86.14 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about Z86.14

Is Z86.14 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. Z86.14 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does Z86.14 sit in the tabular list?: Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99), in the block Persons with potential health hazards related to family and personal history and certain conditions influencing health status (Z77-Z99).
What cannot be coded together with Z86.14?: Z86.14 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above Z86.14 (Z86.1) and apply to it just the same.