Complete ICD-10-CM coding and documentation guide for icd-10 coding for sepsis includes clinical validation requirements, medical necessity guidelines, and coding policies.
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Essential facts and insights about ICD-10 Coding for Sepsis
Use ICD-10 code A41.9 for sepsis, unspecified organism, ensuring proper documentation in clinical notes.
Additional codes that may be used with this diagnosis
Pneumonia, unspecified organism
Use to specify the infection source when sepsis is due to pneumonia.
Acute kidney failure, unspecified
Use to specify organ dysfunction in severe sepsis.
The ICD-10 code for sepsis, unspecified organism, is A41.9. It is used when the specific organism causing sepsis is not documented.
Severe sepsis is coded using R65.20 for cases without septic shock and R65.21 for cases with septic shock, requiring documentation of organ dysfunction.