B96Other bacterial agents as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

B96 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for other bacterial agents as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere. It belongs to 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 9 subcodes must be used instead.

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: B96.0 (elsewhere), B96.1 (elsewhere), B96.2 (elsewhere), B96.3 (elsewhere), B96.4 (elsewhere), B96.5 (elsewhere), B96.6 (elsewhere), B96.7 (elsewhere) and 1 more.

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