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Diagnosis Code

R65.20 SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT SEPTIC SHOCK


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: R65.20

Short Description: Severe sepsis without septic shock

Long Description: Severe sepsis without septic shock

The code R65.20 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00–R99)
    • General symptoms and signs (R50-R69)
      • Symp and signs specifically assoc w sys inflam and infct (R65)
        • R65.20 Severe sepsis without septic shock

This code is valid for unacceptable principal diagnosis

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Sepsis caused by Meningococcus
  • Sepsis caused by methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus
  • Sepsis syndrome

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code R65.20 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)
  • Septicemia Or Severe Sepsis With Mv >96 Hours (870)
  • Septicemia Or Severe Sepsis Without Mv >96 Hours With Mcc (871)
  • Septicemia Or Severe Sepsis Without Mv >96 Hours Without Mcc (872)

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code R65.20 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Severe sepsis NOS

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
R65.20 Right Arrow 995.92 Severe sepsis

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
R65 Symptoms and signs specifically associated with systemic inflammation and infection
R65.1 Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) of non-infectious origin
R65.10 Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) of non-infectious origin without acute organ dysfunction
R65.11 Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) of non-infectious origin with acute organ dysfunction
R65.2 Severe sepsis
R65.21 Severe sepsis with septic shock

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

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