AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2023 Issue 4; New/Revised ICD-10-PCS Codes Section X – New Technology

Rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing System for Blood and Body Fluid Cultures Using Phenotypic Susceptibility

In table XXE, body part 5 Circulatory, technology value Y Infection, Other Positive Blood/Isolated Colonies Bimodal Phenotypic Susceptibility Technology, was added to identify rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing of positive blood and body fluid cultures using phenotypic susceptibility.Body Part Approach Device/Substance/ Technology Qualifier 5 Circulatory X External Y Infection, Other Positive Blood/Isolated Colonies Bimodal Phenotypic Susceptibility Technology 9 New Technology Group 9 Blood stream infections are diagnosed by a positive blood culture followed by gram staining, microbial identification, and antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST). AST is performed in a clinical laboratory to determine if disease causing bacteria are phenotypically resistant...

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