ICD-10-CM · Chapter 21 · Z00–Z99
Z16.30
Resistance to unspecified antimicrobial drugs
Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
Quick facts
- Code
- Z16.30
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 21 — Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
- Category
- Z16 — Resistance to antimicrobial drugs
- Specificity
- 5 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM Z16.30 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of resistance to unspecified antimicrobial drugs. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in Z16
- Z16Resistance to antimicrobial drugs
- Z16.1Resistance to beta lactam antibiotics
- Z16.10Resistance to unspecified beta lactam antibiotics
- Z16.11Resistance to penicillins
- Z16.12Extended spectrum beta lactamase (ESBL) resistance
- Z16.13Resistance to carbapenem
- Z16.19Resistance to other specified beta lactam antibiotics
- Z16.2Resistance to other antibiotics
- Z16.20Resistance to unspecified antibiotic
- Z16.21Resistance to vancomycin
- Z16.22Resistance to vancomycin related antibiotics
- Z16.23Resistance to quinolones and fluoroquinolones
- Z16.24Resistance to multiple antibiotics
- Z16.29Resistance to other single specified antibiotic
- Z16.3Resistance to other antimicrobial drugs
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