1. A41 Other sepsis

    Excludes1

    • bacteremia NOS (R78.81)
    • neonatal (P36.-)
    • puerperal sepsis (O85)
    • streptococcal sepsis (A40.-)

    Excludes2

    • 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 (A54.86)
    • sepsis (due to) (in) herpesviral (B00.7)
    • sepsis (due to) (in) listerial (A32.7)
    • sepsis (due to) (in) melioidosis (A24.1)
    • sepsis (due to) (in) meningococcal (A39.2-A39.4)
    • sepsis (due to) (in) plague (A20.7)
    • sepsis (due to) (in) tularemia (A21.7)
    • toxic shock syndrome (A48.3)
    1. A41.0 Sepsis due to Staphylococcus aureus

      1. A41.01 Sepsis due to Methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus

        Inclusion term(s):

        • MSSA sepsis
        • Staphylococcus aureus sepsis NOS
      2. A41.02 Sepsis due to Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    2. A41.1 Sepsis due to other specified staphylococcus

      Inclusion term(s):

      • Coagulase negative staphylococcus sepsis
    3. A41.2 Sepsis due to unspecified staphylococcus

    4. A41.3 Sepsis due to Hemophilus influenzae

    5. A41.4 Sepsis due to anaerobes

    6. A41.5 Sepsis due to other Gram-negative organisms

      1. A41.50 Gram-negative sepsis, unspecified

        Inclusion term(s):

        • Gram-negative sepsis NOS
      2. A41.51 Sepsis due to Escherichia coli [E. coli]

      3. A41.52 Sepsis due to Pseudomonas

        Inclusion term(s):

        • Pseudomonas aeruginosa
      4. A41.53 Sepsis due to Serratia

      5. A41.54 Sepsis due to Acinetobacter baumannii

      6. A41.59 Other Gram-negative sepsis

    7. A41.8 Other specified sepsis

      1. A41.81 Sepsis due to Enterococcus

      2. A41.89 Other specified sepsis

    8. A41.9 Sepsis, unspecified organism

      Inclusion term(s):

      • Septicemia NOS
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.