Diagnosis Code

R65.21 SEVERE SEPSIS WITH SEPTIC SHOCK


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: R65.21

Short Description: Severe sepsis with septic shock

Long Description: Severe sepsis with septic shock

The code R65.21 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)
        • R65.21 Severe sepsis with septic shock

This code is valid for unacceptable principal diagnosis

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Endotoxemia
  • Endotoxemia
  • Endotoxic shock
  • Endotoxicosis
  • Endotoxicosis
  • Failed attempted termination of pregnancy complicated by shock
  • Failed attempted termination of pregnancy with septic shock
  • Hyperdynamic septic shock
  • Hypodynamic septic shock
  • Induced termination of pregnancy complicated by infectious disease
  • Induced termination of pregnancy complicated by postoperative shock
  • Induced termination of pregnancy complicated by septic shock
  • Induced termination of pregnancy complicated by shock
  • Miscarriage complicated by shock
  • Miscarriage with septic shock
  • Postprocedural septic shock
  • Pyrogenic shock
  • Sepsis caused by Chromobacterium
  • Septic shock
  • Septic shock co-occurrent with acute organ dysfunction due to anaerobic bacteria
  • Septic shock co-occurrent with acute organ dysfunction due to Chromobacterium
  • Septic shock co-occurrent with acute organ dysfunction due to coagulase-negative Staphylococcus
  • Septic shock co-occurrent with acute organ dysfunction due to Enterococcus
  • Septic shock co-occurrent with acute organ dysfunction due to Gonococcus
  • Septic shock co-occurrent with acute organ dysfunction due to Gram-positive coccus
  • Septic shock co-occurrent with acute organ dysfunction due to Gram-positive coccus
  • Septic shock co-occurrent with acute organ dysfunction due to Gram-positive coccus
  • Septic shock co-occurrent with acute organ dysfunction due to Gram-positive coccus
  • Septic shock co-occurrent with acute organ dysfunction due to Gram-positive coccus
  • Septic shock co-occurrent with acute organ dysfunction due to Gram-positive coccus
  • Septic shock co-occurrent with acute organ dysfunction due to Gram-positive coccus
  • Septic shock co-occurrent with acute organ dysfunction due to Gram-positive coccus
  • Septic shock co-occurrent with acute organ dysfunction due to Gram-positive coccus
  • Septic shock co-occurrent with acute organ dysfunction due to Group A streptococcus
  • Septic shock co-occurrent with acute organ dysfunction due to Group B streptococcus
  • Septic shock co-occurrent with acute organ dysfunction due to Haemophilus influenzae
  • Septic shock co-occurrent with acute organ dysfunction due to Meningococcus
  • Septic shock co-occurrent with acute organ dysfunction due to methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus
  • Septic shock co-occurrent with acute organ dysfunction due to methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus
  • Septic shock co-occurrent with acute organ dysfunction due to methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus
  • Septic shock co-occurrent with acute organ dysfunction due to Pneumococcus
  • Septic shock co-occurrent with acute organ dysfunction due to Pseudomonas
  • Septic shock co-occurrent with acute organ dysfunction due to Serratia
  • Septic shock co-occurrent with acute organ dysfunction due to Staphylococcus
  • Septic shock co-occurrent with acute organ dysfunction due to Staphylococcus
  • Septic shock co-occurrent with acute organ dysfunction due to Staphylococcus
  • Septic shock co-occurrent with acute organ dysfunction due to Staphylococcus
  • Septic shock co-occurrent with acute organ dysfunction due to Streptococcus
  • Septic shock co-occurrent with acute organ dysfunction due to Streptococcus
  • Septic shock co-occurrent with acute organ dysfunction due to Streptococcus
  • Septic shock co-occurrent with acute organ dysfunction due to Streptococcus
  • Septic shock due to transfusion
  • Septic shock following ectopic pregnancy
  • Septic shock following molar pregnancy
  • Shock due to ectopic pregnancy
  • Shock following molar pregnancy

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code R65.21 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)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
R65.21 Right Arrow 785.52 Septic shock
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
R65.20 Severe sepsis without septic shock


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