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Diagnosis Code

R78.81 BACTEREMIA


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: R78.81

Short Description: Bacteremia

Long Description: Bacteremia

The code R78.81 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00–R99)
    • Abnormal findings on examination of blood, without diagnosis (R70-R79)
      • Find of drugs and oth substnc, not normally found in blood (R78)
        • R78.81 Bacteremia

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Bacteremia
  • Bacteremia associated with intravascular line
  • Bacteremia caused by Chromobacterium
  • Bacteremia caused by Clostridium
  • Bacteremia caused by Coliform
  • Bacteremia caused by Enterococcus
  • Bacteremia caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
  • Bacteremia caused by Gram-positive bacteria
  • Bacteremia caused by Gram-positive bacteria
  • Bacteremia caused by Gram-positive bacteria
  • Bacteremia caused by Gram-positive bacteria
  • Bacteremia caused by Proteus
  • Bacteremia caused by Pseudomonas
  • Bacteremia due to Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus
  • Bacteremia due to Staphylococcus aureus
  • Bacteremic skin rash
  • Organism isolated in blood by culture
  • Postoperative bacteremia

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code R78.81 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Type 1 Excludes Notes:
    • sepsis-code to specified infection

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
R78.81 Right Arrow 771.83 Bacteremia of newborn
790.7 Bacteremia

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
R78 Findings of drugs and other substances, not normally found in blood
R78.0 Finding of alcohol in blood
R78.1 Finding of opiate drug in blood
R78.2 Finding of cocaine in blood
R78.3 Finding of hallucinogen in blood
R78.4 Finding of other drugs of addictive potential in blood
R78.5 Finding of other psychotropic drug in blood
R78.6 Finding of steroid agent in blood
R78.7 Finding of abnormal level of heavy metals in blood
R78.71 Abnormal lead level in blood
R78.79 Finding of abnormal level of heavy metals in blood
R78.8 Finding of other specified substances, not normally found in blood
R78.89 Finding of other specified substances, not normally found in blood
R78.9 Finding of unspecified substance, not normally found in blood

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023

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