A41.5

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

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

A41.5 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for sepsis due to other gram-negative organisms. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above A41.5

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on A41: Other sepsis

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

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above A41.5

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on A41: Other sepsis

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)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

The condition this code belongs to

Sepsis ICD-10 codes

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead A41.5

6 child codes. Green means billable.