ICD-10-CM · Chapter 1 · A00–B99
A41.59
Other Gram-negative sepsis
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
Quick facts
- Code
- A41.59
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 1 — Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
- Category
- A41 — Other sepsis
- Specificity
- 5 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM A41.59 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of other gram-negative sepsis. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in A41
- A41Other sepsis
- A41.0Sepsis due to Staphylococcus aureus
- A41.01Sepsis due to Methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus
- A41.02Sepsis due to Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus
- A41.1Sepsis due to other specified staphylococcus
- A41.2Sepsis due to unspecified staphylococcus
- A41.3Sepsis due to Hemophilus influenzae
- A41.4Sepsis due to anaerobes
- A41.5Sepsis due to other Gram-negative organisms
- A41.50Gram-negative sepsis, unspecified
- A41.51Sepsis due to Escherichia coli [E. coli]
- A41.52Sepsis due to Pseudomonas
- A41.53Sepsis due to Serratia
- A41.54Sepsis due to Acinetobacter baumannii
- A41.8Other specified sepsis
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