ICD-10 code for sepsis herpes

The ICD-10-CM code for sepsis herpes is B00.7 (Disseminated herpesviral disease).

Within B00 (herpesviral [herpes simplex] infections), B00.7 is specifically for disseminated herpesviral disease. Related codes cover eczema herpeticum (B00.0), herpesviral vesicular dermatitis (B00.1), herpesviral gingivostomatitis and pharyngotonsillitis (B00.2), herpesviral meningitis (B00.3), herpesviral encephalitis (B00.4), herpesviral ocular disease (B00.5), other forms of herpesviral infections (B00.8) and herpesviral infection, unspecified (B00.9).

As a secondary diagnosis it is an MCC (major complication or comorbidity), which can move an inpatient stay into the highest-paying "with MCC" MS-DRG of its family, unless the principal diagnosis excludes it.

In MS-DRG v44.0, it is part of the grouping logic for DRG 791 (Prematurity with Major Problems, relative weight 4.1075), DRG 793 (Full Term Neonate with Major Problems, relative weight 4.2195), DRG 870 (Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with MV >96 Hours, relative weight 6.9408), DRG 871 (Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours with MCC, relative weight 1.932), DRG 872 (Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours without MCC, relative weight 1.0066), DRG 974 (HIV with Major Related Condition with MCC, relative weight 3.0506) and 2 more, in MDC 15 (Newborns and Other Neonates with Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period), MDC 18 (Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Systemic or Unspecified Sites) and MDC 25 (Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infections), as a principal or secondary diagnosis. The DRG a claim lands in depends on the principal diagnosis, procedures and any CC/MCC secondary diagnoses.