B96.29 ICD-10-CM Code: Other Escherichia coli [E. coli] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

B96.29 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for other escherichia coli [e. coli] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere. This code indicates that a disease or infection was caused by a specific strain of E. coli bacteria other than the common O157:H7 strain. It is used as a secondary code to identify the bacterial cause when E. coli is responsible for an infection or disease documented in the patient's medical record. B96.29 sits in the ICD-10-CM chapter for certain infectious and parasitic diseases (a00-b99), within the section covering bacterial and viral infectious agents (b95-b97).

B96.29 is a billable ICD-10-CM code but does not map to a payment HCC under the CMS-HCC V28, V24, ESRD, or RxHCC risk adjustment models. It can be reported on Medicare Advantage encounter data submissions but it does not contribute to a beneficiary's RAF score and therefore does not affect risk-adjusted payments to the plan.

This is a 'cause of' code and should never be used as a primary diagnosis code; it must be paired with a code describing the actual infection or disease (such as urinary tract infection, gastroenteritis, or sepsis).