Certain infectious and parasitic diseases

Chapter XXII
Codes for special purposes
(U00-U99)
This chapter contains the following block:
U00-U49 Provisional assignment of new diseases of uncertain etiology
U80-U89 Bacterial agents resistant to antibiotics
Provisional assignment of new diseases of uncertain etiology
(U00-U49)
U04 Severe acute respiratory syndrome [SARS]
U04.9 Severe acute respiratory syndrome, unspecified
Bacterial agents resistant to antibiotics
(U80-U89)
Note: These categories should never be used in primary coding. They are provided for use
as supplementary or additional codes when it is desired to identify the antibiotic to
which a bacterial agent is resistant, in bacterial infection classified elsewhere.
U80 Agent resistant to penicillin and related antibiotics
U80.0 Penicillin resistant agent
U80.1 Methicillin resistant agent
U80.8 Agent resistant to other penicillin-related antibiotic
U81 Agent resistant to vancomycin and related antibiotics
U81.0 Vancomycin resistant agent
U81.8 Agent resistant to other vancomycin-related antibiotic
U88 Agent resistant to multiple antibiotics
Note: This category is provided for use when a bacterial agent is resistant to
two or more antibiotics but there is insufficient detail to determine which
antibiotic is contributing most to the "main condition". It should also be
used for primary tabulation purposes when it is more convenient to
record a single code; otherwise each specific antibiotic-resistant agent
should be coded separately.
U89 Agent resistant to other and unspecified antibiotics
U89.8 Agent resistant to other single specified antibiotic
U89.9 Agent resistant to unspecified antibiotic
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