Z16

The ICD-10-CM code for resistance to antimicrobial drugs is Z16. The full clinical description is "Resistance to antimicrobial drugs". Z16 is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

ICD-10-CM code Z16 represents “Resistance to antimicrobial drugs”. It is classified under Chapter 22: Factors Influencing Health Status and Contact With Health Services and is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

No, Z16 is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 3 child codes under Z16.

Z16 is in Chapter 22: Factors Influencing Health Status and Contact With Health Services (codes Z00-Z99).

Z16 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection (A49.02); Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia (J15.212); Sepsis due to Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (A41.02).

Z16 has 3 child codes, including: Z16.1 (Resistance to beta lactam antibiotics), Z16.2 (Resistance to other antibiotics), Z16.3 (Resistance to other antimicrobial drugs).

Z16 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C3265903. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health) codes describe how conditions like resistance to antimicrobial drugs affect a person's functioning — body functions, activities, participation, and environmental factors. AutoICD provides ICF Core Sets for 12+ conditions and can map clinical text to ICF categories automatically. Browse the ICF directory to explore functioning codes.

There is no direct ICD-11 mapping available for Z16 in the WHO crosswalk tables. This may mean the concept is classified differently in ICD-11. Use the ICD-10 to ICD-11 converter to search for related codes.