21Symptoms, signs or clinical findings, not elsewhere classified General symptoms, signs or clinical findings Finding of microorganism resistant to antimicrobial drugs MG51Finding of gram positive bacteria resistant to antimicrobial drugs MG51.0Antibiotic resistant Staphylococcus aureus
MG51.00
category
Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Coding note These categories should never be used in primary coding. The codes are provided for use as supplementary or additional codes when it is desired to identify the resistance, non-responsiveness and refractive properties of a condition to antimicrobials.
Also indexed as
Cefoxitin resistant Staphylococcus aureus MRSA - [methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus] Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Nearby in Antibiotic resistant Staphylococcus aureus
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