Sepsis, unspecified organism

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Sepsis, unspecified
FY2012 Draft description revised draft ~~Sepsis, unspecified~~ Sepsis, unspecified organism

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from A41 Other sepsis

Excludes1 - never coded here

bacteremia NOS (R78.81)
neonatal (P36.-)
puerperal sepsis (O85)
streptococcal sepsis (A40.-)

Excludes2 - not included here

sepsis (due to) (in) actinomycotic (A42.7)
sepsis (due to) (in) anthrax (A22.7)
sepsis (due to) (in) candidal (B37.7)
sepsis (due to) (in) Erysipelothrix (A26.7)
sepsis (due to) (in) extraintestinal yersiniosis (A28.2)
sepsis (due to) (in) gonococcal (A54.86)
sepsis (due to) (in) herpesviral (B00.7)
sepsis (due to) (in) listerial (A32.7)
sepsis (due to) (in) melioidosis (A24.1)
sepsis (due to) (in) meningococcal (A39.2-A39.4)
sepsis (due to) (in) plague (A20.7)
sepsis (due to) (in) tularemia (A21.7)
toxic shock syndrome (A48.3)

Code first

, if applicable, postprocedural sepsis (T81.44-)
sepsis due to central venous catheter (T80.211-)
sepsis during labor (O75.3)
sepsis following abortion, ectopic or molar pregnancy (O03.37, O03.87, O04.87, O07.37, O08.82)
sepsis following immunization (T88.0-)
sepsis following infusion, transfusion or therapeutic injection (T80.22-, T80.29-)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Pyelitis
Glomerulitis
Cystopyelitis
Pyelocystitis
Change > renal
Damage > renal
Glomerulopathy
Klebs' disease
Lesion > kidney
Trouble > kidney
Complaint > kidney
Dysfunction > kidney
Glomerular > nephritis
Disease, diseased > Klebs'
Disease, diseased > glomerular
Nephropathy > with > glomerular lesion
Bacterium, bacteria, bacterial > in blood
Disease, diseased > renal > with > glomerular lesion
Sepsis
Septicemia
Sepsis > gangrenous
Sepsis > cryptogenic
Pyelonephritis > in > sepsis
Glomerulonephritis > in > sepsis
Disorder > tubulo-interstitial > sepsis

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
A41.0	Sepsis due to Staphylococcus aureus	Not billable
A41.1	Sepsis due to other specified staphylococcus	Valid
A41.2	Sepsis due to unspecified staphylococcus	Valid
A41.3	Sepsis due to Hemophilus influenzae	Valid
A41.4	Sepsis due to anaerobes	Valid
A41.5	Sepsis due to other Gram-negative organisms	Not billable
A41.8	Other specified sepsis	Not billable