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R65.2Severe sepsis

ICD-10-CM category (non-billable header) code — part of General symptoms and signs (R50-R69)

Code Details

BillableNo — use a more specific child code
ChapterChapter 18: Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
SectionGeneral symptoms and signs (R50-R69)
Parent codeR65 — Symp and signs specifically assoc w sys inflam and infct

Coding Notes

Inclusion Terms

  • Infection with associated acute organ dysfunction
  • Sepsis with acute organ dysfunction
  • Sepsis with multiple organ dysfunction
  • Systemic inflammatory response syndrome due to infectious process with acute organ dysfunction

Code First

  • underlying infection, such as:
  • infection following a procedure (T81.4-)
  • infections following infusion, transfusion and therapeutic injection (T80.2-)
  • puerperal sepsis (O85)
  • sepsis following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion (O03.87)
  • sepsis following ectopic and molar pregnancy (O08.82)
  • sepsis following incomplete spontaneous abortion (O03.37)
  • sepsis following (induced) termination of pregnancy (O04.87)
  • sepsis NOS (A41.9)

Use Additional Code

  • code to identify specific acute organ dysfunction, such as:
  • acute kidney failure (N17.-)
  • acute respiratory failure (J96.0-)
  • critical illness myopathy (G72.81)
  • critical illness polyneuropathy (G62.81)
  • disseminated intravascular coagulopathy [DIC] (D65)
  • encephalopathy (metabolic) (septic) (G93.41)
  • hepatic failure (K72.0-)

Subcategories (2)

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