Diagnosis Code: A40

Short Description: Streptococcal sepsis

Long Description: Streptococcal sepsis

The code A40 is NOT VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

• Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00–B99)
  • Other bacterial diseases (A30-A49)
    • Streptococcal sepsis (A40)
      • A40 Streptococcal sepsis

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code A40 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Type 1 Excludes Notes:
  • neonatal (@P36.0*[email protected]*)
  • 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*-)

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