Bacterial Infection ICD-10-CM Codes | 2023
Read this short guide to learn about Bacterial Infection ICD codes you can use!
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What Bacterial Infection ICD-10 codes can I use?
If you’re looking for Bacterial Infection ICD codes, there’s much to pick from, so we selected seven examples to show you what to expect when looking for such codes.
The basic code for this is A49.9 - Bacterial infection, unspecified. This is meant to be used on patients confirmed to have a bacterial infection, but the specific kind of bacteria hasn’t been identified.
Once you have identified the specific kind of bacteria that caused the infection, please use the appropriate ICD-10 code from the following:
- A49.01 - Methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus infection, unspecified site
- A49.02 - Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection, unspecified site
- A49.1 - Streptococcal infection, unspecified site
- A49.2 - Hemophilus influenzae infection, unspecified site
- A49.3 - Mycoplasma infection, unspecified site
If the specific strain of bacteria doesn’t fit these ICD-10 codes, please use A49.8 - Other bacterial infections of unspecified site. This code is meant for bacterial infection types that don’t have specific ICD-10 codes.
Also, Items One to Five and A49.8 have unspecified labels. What is unspecified are the locations. Currently, no variants of these ICD-10 codes mention specific locations exist.
Are these Bacterial Infection ICD-10 codes billable?
Yes. All of these ICD-10 codes for Bacterial Infection are valid and billable.
Clinical Information About Bacterial Infections:
Bacteria are microscopic once-celled organisms that are almost everywhere, even our bodies. The majority of these organisms are harmless. Some bacteria are beneficial to us because they help fight “non-friendly” bacteria and provide us with benefits like the following:
- Train and strengthen our immune systems to combat harmful bacteria
- They produce some nutrients that we need
- They help us break down medicine and nutrients we consume
- They help us break down bile
Just as there are friendly and helpful bacteria, there are non-friendly and harmful ones like those listed earlier. These bacteria can cause unwanted problems if our bodies become infected by their presence.
Synonyms Include:
- Bacterial infection associated with peritoneal dialysis catheter
- Bacterial infection due to human immunodeficiency virus infection
- Bacterial infection of central nervous system
- Bacterial infection of skin
- Bacterial infectious disease
- Bacterial respiratory infection
- Bacterial sinusitis
- Bacterial tenosynovitis
- Bacterial tonsillitis
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Commonly asked questions
A person has a high chance of having a bacterial infection if the affected area is red and painful, swelling or inflammation, and if the person has a fever. If there is an abscess, that’s a significant sign of a bacterial infection.
A person can get it through physical contact with an infected person. It can also spread through touching contaminated objects and surfaces, animal or insect bites, and ingesting contaminated food and fluids.
Bacterial infections are treated using antibiotics. And yes, they are preventable. One can lessen the chance of getting infected by practicing good hygiene and taking particular vaccines.
