B95.6Staphylococcus aureus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

B95.6 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for staphylococcus aureus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere. It belongs to category B95 (streptococcus, Staphylococcus, and Enterococcus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere), block B95-B97 (bacterial and viral infectious agents) and chapter 1 (certain infectious and parasitic diseases). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 2 subcodes must be used instead.

Within B95 (streptococcus, Staphylococcus, and Enterococcus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere), B95.6 is specifically for staphylococcus aureus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere. Related codes cover streptococcus, group A, as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere (B95.0), streptococcus, group B, as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere (B95.1), Enterococcus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere (B95.2), streptococcus pneumoniae as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere (B95.3), other streptococcus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere (B95.4), unspecified streptococcus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere (B95.5), other staphylococcus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere (B95.7) and unspecified staphylococcus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere (B95.8).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: B95.61 (elsewhere) and B95.62 (elsewhere).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.