A40Streptococcal sepsis
ICD-10-CM category (non-billable header) code — part of Other bacterial diseases (A30-A49)
Coding Notes
Excludes1 (never code both together)
- neonatal (P36.0-P36.1)
- puerperal sepsis (O85)
- sepsis due to Streptococcus, group D (A41.81)
Code First
- , if applicable, postprocedural sepsis (T81.44-)
- sepsis due to central venous catheter (T80.211-)
- streptococcal sepsis during labor (O75.3)
- streptococcal sepsis following abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O03.37, O03.87, O04.87, O07.37, O08.82)
- streptococcal sepsis following immunization (T88.0-)
- streptococcal sepsis following infusion, transfusion or therapeutic injection (T80.22-, T80.29-)
Subcategories (5)
- A40.0 Sepsis due to streptococcus, group A
- A40.1 Sepsis due to streptococcus, group B
- A40.3 Sepsis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae
- A40.8 Other streptococcal sepsis
- A40.9 Streptococcal sepsis, unspecified