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Review ICD-10-CM Guidelines for a MRSA-Pneumonia Dx
Published on Fri Sep 06, 2024
Question: What codes should I use to report a diagnosis of pneumonia due to Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)? Pennsylvania Subscriber Answer: You’ll assign only one code for this diagnosis, and that’s J15.212 (Pneumonia due to Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus). Code J15.212 is a combination code that brings together the patient’s condition and the causal condition into one code. According to the [...]