ICD-10-CM Code A41.8
Other specified sepsis
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code A41.8 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the two child codes of A41.8 that describes the diagnosis 'other specified sepsis' in more detail.
- A41.8 Other specified sepsis NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE A41.81 Sepsis due to Enterococcus
- BILLABLE A41.89 Other specified sepsis
The ICD code A41 is used to code Sepsis
Sepsis is a whole-body inflammatory response to an infection. Common signs and symptoms include fever, increased heart rate, increased breathing rate, and confusion. There may also be symptoms related to a specific infection, such as a cough with pneumonia, or painful urination with a kidney infection. In the very young, old, and people with a weakened immune system, there may be no symptoms of a specific infection and the body temperature may be low or normal rather than high. Severe sepsis is sepsis causing poor organ function or insufficient blood flow. Insufficient blood flow may be evident by low blood pressure, high blood lactate, or low urine output. Septic shock is low blood pressure due to sepsis that does not improve after reasonable amounts of intravenous fluids are given.
| Specialty: | Infectious Disease |
| MeSH Code: | D018805 |
| ICD 9 Code: | 995.91 |
Blood culture bottles: orange label for anaerobes, green label for aerobes, and yellow label for blood samples from children
Coding Advice SNOMET-CT
- Possible requirement for additional code to fully describe disease or condition
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'A41.8 - Other specified sepsis'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code A41.8. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.
Parent Code: A41 - Other sepsis