B96.89

Other specified bacterial agents 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 3

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 2

Bacterium, bacteria, bacterial
- agent NEC, as cause of disease classified elsewhere B96.89
Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) B99.9
- bacterial NOS A49.9
  - as cause of disease classified elsewhere B96.89
    - Enterobacter sakazakii B96.89
- Clostridioides
  - difficile
    - as cause of disease classified elsewhere B96.89
- Clostridium NEC
  - difficile
    - as cause of disease classified elsewhere B96.89
- Cronobacter (sakazakii) A49.8
  - as cause of disease classified elsewhere B96.89
- Serratia NEC A49.8
  - as cause of disease classified elsewhere B96.89
- Enterobacter sakazakii B96.89

Alongside this code 3 same parent — B96.8

Additional references

AHA Coding Clinic® Licence required

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.