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A41 - Other sepsis

ICD-10-CM Chapter 1: Certain infectious and parasitic diseases · A30-A49 Other bacterial diseases (A30-A49) · Top-level category · FY2027

Coding Guidance

A41 is a non-billable heading. Report one of the 8 more specific codes below.

Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom A41

Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.

  • bacteremia NOS (R78.81)
  • neonatal (P36.-)
  • puerperal sepsis (O85)
  • streptococcal sepsis (A40.-)
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom A41

Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.

  • 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 FirstFrom A41

Sequence the underlying condition before this code.

  • , 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-)
IncludesFrom Chapter A00-B99

Conditions this code covers.

  • diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom Chapter A00-B99

Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.

  • carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)
  • certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters
  • infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)
  • infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)
  • influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)
Use Additional CodeFrom Chapter A00-B99

Add a secondary code to identify the associated condition or cause when it is documented.

  • code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)

More Specific Codes (8)

A41.0Sepsis due to Staphylococcus aureus→A41.1Sepsis due to other specified staphylococcus→A41.2Sepsis due to unspecified staphylococcus→A41.3Sepsis due to Hemophilus influenzae→A41.4Sepsis due to anaerobes→A41.5Sepsis due to other Gram-negative organisms→A41.8Other specified sepsis→A41.9Sepsis, unspecified organism→

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