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ICD-10-CM Current in FY 2027

Z22.322

Carrier or suspected carrier of Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Release
FY 2027
Effective
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Hierarchy

Where Z22.322 sits in the official hierarchy. Each level is the code it is classified under.

  1. Z22 Carrier of infectious disease
  2. Z22.3 Carrier of other specified bacterial diseases
  3. Z22.32 Parent Carrier of bacterial disease due to staphylococci
  4. Z22.322 This code Carrier or suspected carrier of Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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.

Includes

colonization status

Inherited from Z22 — Carrier of infectious disease

Includes

suspected carrier

Inherited from Z22 — Carrier of infectious disease

Inclusion Terms

MRSA colonization

Excludes2

carrier of viral hepatitis ( B18 .-)

Inherited from Z22 — Carrier of infectious disease

Version History

How Z22.322 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.

  1. FY 2027 Effective

    Current

    Carrier or suspected carrier of Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

  2. FY 2026 Effective

    Unchanged

    Carrier or suspected carrier of Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Related Codes

Other codes under Z22.32

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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