B95.61

Methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus infection as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30

Exclusions 5 never code together

Excludes1

Excludes2

carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)Z22.-
infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)O98.-
infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)P35-P39
influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)J00-J22

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes 5

Inclusion terms

Methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) infection as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
Staphylococcus aureus infection NOS as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

Notes

These categories are provided for use as supplementary or additional codes to identify the infectious agent(s) in diseases classified elsewhere.

Includes

Use additional code

Index entries leading here 3

Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) B99.9
- bacterial NOS A49.9
  - as cause of disease classified elsewhere B96.89
    - Staphylococcus B95.8
      - aureus (methicillin susceptible) (MSSA) B95.61
- staphylococcal, unspecified site
  - as cause of disease classified elsewhere B95.8
    - aureus (methicillin susceptible) (MSSA) B95.61
Staphylococcus, staphylococcal — see also condition
- as cause of disease classified elsewhere B95.8
  - aureus (methicillin susceptible) (MSSA) B95.61
MSSA (Methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus)
- infection A49.01
  - as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere B95.61

Alongside this code 1 same parent — B95.6

Additional references

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Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.

Maps to no condition category in any loaded model.

Presence is a property of the code. Untick a model to hide it everywhere.

Present FY2024–FY2027.