A41Other sepsis

A41 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for other sepsis. It belongs to block A30-A49 (other bacterial diseases) and chapter 1 (certain infectious and parasitic diseases). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 8 subcodes must be used instead.

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: A41.0 (aureus), A41.1 (staphylococcus), A41.2 (staphylococcus), A41.3 (influenzae), A41.4 (anaerobes), A41.5 (organisms), A41.8 (sepsis) and A41.9 (organism).

Don't report A41 together with the conditions in its Excludes1 note: bacteremia NOS (R78.81), neonatal (P36.-), puerperal sepsis (O85) and streptococcal sepsis (A40.-).

The conditions in its Excludes2 note aren't part of A41, but may be coded alongside it if the patient has both: 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) and 9 more.

Code first: , if applicable, postprocedural sepsis (T81.44-), sepsis due to central venous catheter (T80.211-), sepsis during labor (O75.3), sepsis following abortion, ectopic or molar pregnancy (O03.37, O03.87, O04.87, O07.37, O08.82) and 2 more.

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.