ICD-10-CM · Chapter 21 · Z00–Z99
Z22.322
Carrier or suspected carrier of Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
Quick facts
- Code
- Z22.322
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 21 — Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
- Category
- Z22 — Carrier of infectious disease
- Specificity
- 6 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM Z22.322 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of carrier or suspected carrier of methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus. 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 Z22
- Z22Carrier of infectious disease
- Z22.0Carrier of typhoid
- Z22.1Carrier of other intestinal infectious diseases
- Z22.2Carrier of diphtheria
- Z22.3Carrier of other specified bacterial diseases
- Z22.31Carrier of bacterial disease due to meningococci
- Z22.32Carrier of bacterial disease due to staphylococci
- Z22.321Carrier or suspected carrier of Methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus
- Z22.33Carrier of bacterial disease due to streptococci
- Z22.330Carrier of Group B streptococcus
- Z22.338Carrier of other streptococcus
- Z22.34Carrier of Acinetobacter baumannii
- Z22.340Carrier of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
- Z22.341Carrier of carbapenem-sensitive Acinetobacter baumannii
- Z22.349Carrier of Acinetobacter baumannii, unspecified
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