The instructional note(s) for Z16 states:

a. when some circumstance or problem is present which influences the person's health status but is not in itself a current illness or injury.
b. code first then infection.
c. the codes in this category are provided for use as additional codes to identify the resistance and non-responsiveness of a condition to antimicrobial drugs.
d. both b and c.


Answer: d

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