Diagnosis Code: 038.9

Short Description: Septicemia NOS

Long Description: Unspecified septicemia

Code Classification:

• Infectious and parasitic diseases (001–139)
  • Other bacterial diseases (030-041)
    • 038 Septicemia
      • 038.9 Septicemia NOS

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 038.9 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Blood
  • poisoning (see also Septicemia) 038.9

• Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) 136.9
  • generalized NEC (see also Septicemia) 038.9

• Pregnancy (single) (uterine) (without sickness) V22.2
  • complicated (by) 646.9
    • septicemia (conditions classifiable to 038.0-038.9) 647.8
      • postpartum 670.2
      • puerperal 670.2

• Pyemia, pyemic (purulent) (see also Septicemia) 038.9
  • abscess - see Abscess
  • arthritis (see also Arthritis, pyogenic) 711.0
  • Bacillus coli 038.42
  • embolism (see also Septicemia) 415.12
  • fever 038.9
  • infection 038.9
  • joint (see also Arthritis, pyogenic) 711.0
  • liver 572.1
  • meningococcal 036.2
  • newborn 771.81
  • phlebitis - see Phlebitis
  • pneumococcal 038.2
  • portal 572.1
  • postvaccinal 999.39
  • puerperal 670.2
  • specified organism NEC 038.8
  • staphylococcal 038.10
    • aureus 038.11
      • methicillin
        • resistant 038.12
        • susceptible 038.11
    • specified organism NEC 038.19
  • streptococcal 038.0
  • tuberculous - see Tuberculosis, miliary

• Sepsis (generalized) 995.91
  • nadir 038.9

• Septicemia, septicemic (generalized) (suppurative) 038.9
  • with
    • abortion - see Abortion, by type, with sepsis
    • ectopic pregnancy (see also categories 633.0-633.9) 639.0
    • molar pregnancy (see also categories 630-632) 639.0
  • Aerobacter aerogenes 038.49
  • anaerobic 038.3
  • anthrax 022.3
  • Bacillus coli 038.42
  • Bacteroides 038.3
  • Clostridium 038.3
  • complicating labor 659.3
  • cryptogenic 038.9
  • enteric gram-negative bacilli 038.40
  • Enterobacter aerogenes 038.49
  • Erysipelothrix (insidiosa) (rhusiopathiae) 027.1
  • Escherichia coli 038.42
  • following
    • abortion 639.0
    • ectopic or molar pregnancy 639.0
    • infusion, injection, transfusion, or vaccination 999.39
  • Friedl�nder's (bacillus) 038.49
  • gangrenous 038.9
  • gonococcal 098.89
  • gram-negative (organism) 038.40
    • anaerobic 038.3
  • Hemophilus influenzae 038.41
  • herpes (simplex) 054.5
  • herpetic 054.5
  • Listeria monocytogenes 027.0
  • meningeal - see Meningitis
  • meningococcal (chronic) (fulminating) 036.2
  • methicillin
    • resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) 038.12
    • susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) 038.11
  • MRSA (methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus) 038.12
  • MSSA (methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus) 038.11
  • navel, newborn (organism unspecified) 771.89
  • newborn (organism unspecified) 771.81
  • plague 020.2
  • pneumococcal 038.2
  • postabortal 639.0
  • postoperative 998.59
  • Proteus vulgaris 038.49
  • Pseudomonas (aeruginosa) 038.43
  • puerperal, postpartum 670.2
  • Salmonella (aertrycke) (callinarum) (choleraesuis) (enteritidis) (suipestifer) 003.1
  • Serratia 038.44
  • Shigella (see also Dysentery, bacillary) 004.9
  • specified organism NEC 038.8
  • staphylococcal 038.10
    • aureus 038.11
      • methicillin
        • resistant (MRSA) 038.12
        • susceptible (MSSA) 038.11
    • specified organism NEC 038.19
  • streptococcal (anaerobic) 038.0
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae 038.2
  • suipestifer 003.1
  • umbilicus, newborn (organism unspecified) 771.89
  • viral 079.99
  • Yersinia enterocolitica 038.49

• Toxemia 799.89
  • septic (see also Septicemia) 038.9

Crosswalk Information

The code 038.9 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

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