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B96 - Other bacterial agents as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

ICD-10-CM Chapter 1: Certain infectious and parasitic diseases · B95-B97 Bacterial and viral infectious agents (B95-B97) · Top-level category · FY2027

Coding Guidance

B96 is a non-billable heading. Report one of the 9 more specific codes below.

Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes

NotesFrom B95-B97 Bacterial and viral infectious agents (B95-B97)

Instructional notes from the ICD-10-CM tabular list.

  • These categories are provided for use as supplementary or additional codes to identify the infectious agent(s) in diseases classified elsewhere.
IncludesFrom Chapter A00-B99

Conditions this code covers.

  • diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom Chapter A00-B99

Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.

  • carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)
  • certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters
  • infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)
  • infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)
  • influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)
Use Additional CodeFrom Chapter A00-B99

Add a secondary code to identify the associated condition or cause when it is documented.

  • code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)

More Specific Codes (9)

B96.0Mycoplasma pneumoniae [M. pneumoniae] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere→B96.1Klebsiella pneumoniae [K. pneumoniae] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere→B96.2Escherichia coli [E. coli ] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere→B96.3Hemophilus influenzae [H. influenzae] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere→B96.4Proteus (mirabilis) (morganii) as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere→B96.5Pseudomonas (aeruginosa) (mallei) (pseudomallei) as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere→B96.6Bacteroides fragilis [B. fragilis] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere→B96.7Clostridium perfringens [C. perfringens] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere→B96.8Other specified bacterial agents as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere→

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