From parent levels
ChapterICertain infectious and parasitic diseasesOpen
Coding note
Inclusions
- diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
Exclusions
- carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters
- infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium [except obstetrical tetanus] (O98.-)
- infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period [except tetanus neonatorum, whooping cough, congenital syphilis, perinatal gonococcal infection and perinatal human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease] (P35-P39)
- influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)
BlockA30-A49Other bacterial diseasesOpen
CategoryA41Other sepsisOpen
Coding note
Use additional code (R57.2) if desired, to identify septic shock.
Exclusions
- bacteraemia NOS (A49.9)
- during labour (O75.3)
- following: abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O03, O04, O05, O06, O07, O08.0)
- following: immunization (T88.0)
- following: infusion, transfusion or therapeutic injection (T80.2)
- sepsis (due to)(in): actinomycotic (A42.7)
- sepsis (due to)(in): anthrax (A22.7)
- sepsis (due to)(in): candidal (B37.7)
- sepsis (due to)(in): Erysipelothrix (A26.7)
- sepsis (due to)(in): extraintestinal yersiniosis (A28.2)
- sepsis (due to)(in): gonococcal (A54.8)
- sepsis (due to)(in): herpesviral (B00.7)
- sepsis (due to)(in): listerial (A32.7)
- sepsis (due to)(in): meningococcal (A39.2, A39.3, A39.4)
- sepsis (due to)(in): neonatal (P36.-)
- sepsis (due to)(in): postprocedural (T81.4)
- sepsis (due to)(in): puerperal (O85)
- sepsis (due to)(in): streptococcal (A40.-)
- sepsis (due to)(in): tularaemia (A21.7)
- septic: melioidosis (A24.1)
- septic: plague (A20.7)
- toxic shock syndrome (A48.3)
Sepsis due to unspecified staphylococcus