1. A40 Streptococcal sepsis

    Excludes1

    1. A40.0 Sepsis due to streptococcus, group A

    2. A40.1 Sepsis due to streptococcus, group B

    3. A40.3 Sepsis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae

      Inclusion term(s):

      • Pneumococcal sepsis
    4. A40.8 Other streptococcal sepsis

    5. A40.9 Streptococcal sepsis, unspecified

Abbreviations used here:

NEC Not elsewhere classifiable
This abbreviation in the Tabular List represents “other specified”. When a specific code is not available for a condition, the Tabular List includes an NEC entry under a code to identify the code as the “other specified” code.

NOS Not otherwise specified
This abbreviation is the equivalent of unspecified.