B96: Other bacterial agents as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

Codes under B96 (Other bacterial agents as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere). A ✓ marks a billable (fully specified) code; category codes without a ✓ are not billable on their own.

Code	Description	Billable
B96.0	Mycoplasma pneumoniae [M. pneumoniae] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere	✓
B96.1	Klebsiella pneumoniae [K. pneumoniae] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere	✓
B96.2	Escherichia coli [E. coli ] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere	—
B96.3	Hemophilus influenzae [H. influenzae] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere	✓
B96.4	Proteus (mirabilis) (morganii) as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere	✓
B96.5	Pseudomonas (aeruginosa) (mallei) (pseudomallei) as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere	✓
B96.6	Bacteroides fragilis [B. fragilis] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere	✓
B96.7	Clostridium perfringens [C. perfringens] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere	✓
B96.8	Other specified bacterial agents as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere	—
B96.20	Unspecified Escherichia coli [E. coli] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere	✓
B96.21	Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli [E. coli] [STEC] O157 as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere	✓
B96.22	Other specified Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli [E. coli] [STEC] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere	✓
B96.23	Unspecified Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli [E. coli] [STEC] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere	✓
B96.29	Other Escherichia coli [E. coli] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere	✓
B96.81	Helicobacter pylori [H. pylori] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere	✓
B96.82	Vibrio vulnificus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere	✓
B96.83	Acinetobacter baumannii as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere	✓
B96.89	Other specified bacterial agents as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere	✓

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