ICD-10-CM Code for Sepsis, unspecified organism A41. 9.
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ICD-10-CM Code for Staphylococcus aureus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere B95. 6.
To identify patients with possible Gram-negative bacteremia in the NPR, we used diagnoses of “septicemia/sepsis due to other Gram-negative organisms” (ICD-10 code A41. 5).
epidermidis can cause opportunistic infections, which include particularly biofilm-associated infections on indwelling medical devices. These often can disseminate into the bloodstream; and in fact, S. epidermidis is the most frequent cause of nosocomial sepsis.
9: Fever, unspecified.
BacteremiaR78. 81 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM R78.
The ICD-10-CM code for bacteremia, R78. 81, can be found in Chapter 18, Symptoms, Signs, and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings.
ICD-10-CM Code for Methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus infection as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere B95. 61.
Bacteremia is the presence of bacteria in the blood, hence a microbiological finding. Sepsis is a clinical diagnosis needing further specification regarding focus of infection and etiologic pathogen, whereupon clinicians, epidemiologists and microbiologists apply different definitions and terminology.
Sepsis is defined as a systemic disease caused by microorganisms or their products in the blood. Bacteremia is the presence of viable organisms in the circulation. Gram negative bacteremia in the critically ill patient is synonymous with gram negative sepsis.
ICD-10 code: A49. 9 Bacterial infection, unspecified.