V02.53 METH SUSC STAPH CARRIER

Code Information

  • Diagnosis Code: V02.53
  • Short Description: Meth susc Staph carrier
  • Long Description: Carrier or suspected carrier of Methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus
  • Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

Code Classification

  • Supplementary classification of factors influencing health status and contact with health services (E)
    • Persons with potential health hazards related to communicable diseases (V01-V09)
      • V02 Carrier or suspected carrier of infectious diseases
        • V02.53 Meth susc Staph carrier

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code V02.53 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

  • Carrier (suspected) of
    • Staphylococcus NEC V02.59
      • methicillin
        • susceptible Staphylococcus aureus V02.53
  • Colonization
    • MSSA (methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus) V02.53
  • Methicillin
    • susceptible staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) 041.11
      • colonization V02.53
  • MSSA (methicillin susceptible staphylococcus aureus) 041.11
    • colonization V02.53

Crosswalk Information

The code V02.53 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
V02.53 Right Arrow Z22.321 Carrier or suspected carrier of methicillin suscep staph
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
V02.0 Carrier or suspected carrier of cholera
V02.1 Carrier or suspected carrier of typhoid
V02.2 Carrier or suspected carrier of amebiasis
V02.3 Carrier or suspected carrier of other gastrointestinal pathogens
V02.4 Carrier or suspected carrier of diphtheria
V02.51 Carrier or suspected carrier of group B streptococcus
V02.52 Carrier or suspected carrier of other streptococcus
V02.54 Carrier or suspected carrier of Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus
V02.59 Carrier or suspected carrier of other specified bacterial diseases
V02.60 Viral hepatitis carrier, unspecified
V02.61 Hepatitis B carrier
V02.62 Hepatitis C carrier
V02.69 Other viral hepatitis carrier
V02.7 Carrier or suspected carrier of gonorrhea
V02.8 Carrier or suspected carrier of other venereal diseases
V02.9 Carrier or suspected carrier of other specified infectious organism
This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014
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