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ICD-10-CM Current in FY 2027

Z16.10

Resistance to unspecified beta lactam antibiotics

Release
FY 2027
Effective
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Hierarchy

Where Z16.10 sits in the official hierarchy. Each level is the code it is classified under.

  1. Z16 Resistance to antimicrobial drugs
  2. Z16.1 Parent Resistance to beta lactam antibiotics
  3. Z16.10 This code Resistance to unspecified beta lactam antibiotics

Official Coding Notes

Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files. Notes labelled as inherited are declared on a parent code and apply here too.

Excludes1

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection ( A49.02 )

Inherited from Z16 — Resistance to antimicrobial drugs

Excludes1

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia ( J15.212 )

Inherited from Z16 — Resistance to antimicrobial drugs

Excludes1

Sepsis due to Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus ( A41.02 )

Inherited from Z16 — Resistance to antimicrobial drugs

Code First

the infection

Inherited from Z16 — Resistance to antimicrobial drugs

Version History

How Z16.10 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.

  1. FY 2027 Effective

    Current

    Resistance to unspecified beta lactam antibiotics

  2. FY 2026 Effective

    Unchanged

    Resistance to unspecified beta lactam antibiotics

Related Codes

Other codes under Z16.1

Data Source

Code information on this page is derived from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files published by CDC NCHS and CMS.

Release
FY 2027
Effective
Source file
icd10cm-code-descriptions-2027.zip

Official ICD-10-CM source files (opens in a new tab)

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