ICD-10 guidelines state that the coder should query the provider in the following instances:
Pyogenic arthritis, unspecified
Replacement of polyethylene liner of a total knee replacement
Septic arthritis is an infection in the joint (synovial) fluid and joint tissues. Different types of bacteria, viruses, and fungi can infect a joint. Symptoms include fever, joint pain, swelling, redness, and warmth. Quick treatment with antibiotics is needed to halt the risk of joint damage.
Pyogenic, or septic, arthritis is a serious and painful infection of a joint. It is most often caused by bacteria, such as staphylococcus or streptococcus, but can also be caused by a fungus or virus.
ICD-10-CM Code for Direct infection of left knee in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere M01. X62.
ICD-10 code A41. 9 for Sepsis, unspecified organism is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Certain infectious and parasitic diseases .
If the infection that caused your septic arthritis is not treated, the infection can spread to other parts of your body. This is called sepsis and is life-threatening. Most cases of septic arthritis only involve one joint.
Septic arthritis can develop when an infection, such as a skin infection or urinary tract infection, spreads through your bloodstream to a joint. Less commonly, a puncture wound, drug injection, or surgery in or near a joint — including joint replacement surgery — can give the germs entry into the joint space.
Direct infection of left knee in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere. M01. X62 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
M25. 561 Pain in right knee - ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes.
ICD-10 code T84. 54XA for Infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal left knee prosthesis, initial encounter is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes .
According to the guidelines above, sepsis would be the appropriate principal diagnosis if it is the reason the patient is admitted, and meets the definition of principal diagnosis.
Severe sepsis requires at least 2 ICD-10-CM codes; a code for the underlying systemic infection and a code from category R65. 2 Severe Sepsis; you should also assign a code(s) for the acute organ dysfunction if documented; Codes R65. 20 and R65.
ICD-10 Code for Severe sepsis with septic shock- R65. 21- Codify by AAPC.
It is inflammation of a joint in reaction to an infection somewhere else in your body. The joint is usually the knee, ankle, or toe. The infection that causes reactive arthritis is often in the bladder, urethra (urine tube), or for women, in the vagina.
Most kinds of arthritis cause pain and swelling in your joints. Joints are places where two bones meet, such as your elbow or knee. Infectious arthritis is an infection in the joint. The infection comes from a bacterial, viral, or fungal infection that spreads from another part of the body.
M00.87 Arthritis due to other bacteria, ankle and foot. M00.871 Arthritis due to other bacteria, right ankle and foot. M00.872 Arthritis due to other bacteria, left ankle and foot. M00.879 Arthritis due to other bacteria, unspecified ankle and foot.
There are several different types of arthritis depending on the causal organism (Gonococcal, Pneumococcal, Streptococcal etc.), Infectious, Juvenile, due to some other disease and many other. Common types of arthritis found in medical records are osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.
As per coding policies, coders should not diagnose a disease , coder can only code what Physician diagnosed.