Sepsis

Coding note

Any type of infection - bacterial, viral, fungal or protozoal, can cause sepsis and must be coded as well. When the site of infection is unknown, select a code for Infection of unspecified site by organism followed by the appropriate code for sepsis.

Exclusions

• Acute or fulminant melioidosis (1C42)
• Disseminated gonococcal infection (1A73)
• Extraintestinal yersiniosis (1B9A)
• Genital tract or pelvic infection following abortion, ectopic or molar pregnancy (JA05.0)
• Injury or harm arising following infusion, transfusion or therapeutic injection, not elsewhere classified (NE80)
• Injury or harm arising from a procedure, not elsewhere classified (NE81)
• Meningococcal disease (1C1C)
• Other infection during labour (4B4Y)
• Plague (1B93)
• Systemic inflammatory response syndrome of noninfectious origin (MG46)
• Tularaemia (1B94)

2 subordinate codes

• 1G40Sepsis without septic shock
• 1G41Sepsis with septic shock

Nearby in Certain infectious or parasitic diseases

• 1A00-1A40.ZGastroenteritis or colitis of infectious origin
• 1A60-1A9ZPredominantly sexually transmitted infections
• 1B10-1B2ZMycobacterial diseases
• 1B40-1B5ZCertain staphylococcal or streptococcal diseases
• 1B70-1B7ZPyogenic bacterial infections of the skin or subcutaneous tissues
• 1B90-1B9ZCertain zoonotic bacterial diseases
• 1C10-1C4ZOther bacterial diseases
• 1C60-1C62.ZHuman immunodeficiency virus disease