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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Infect Control. 2020 Dec 10;49(7):868–873. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2020.12.002

Appendix 1.

ICD-10 Principal Diagnosis Codes for Sepsis

ICD-10 Description
A021 Salmonella sepsis
A227 Anthrax sepsis
A267 Erysipelothrix sepsis
A327 Listerial sepsis
A400 Sepsis due to streptococcus, group A
A401 Sepsis due to streptococcus, group B
A403 Sepsis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae
A408 Other streptococcal sepsis
A409 Streptococcal sepsis, unspecified
A4101 Sepsis due to Methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus
A4102 Sepsis due to Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus
A411 Sepsis due to other specified staphylococcus
A412 Sepsis due to unspecified staphylococcus
A413 Sepsis due to Hemophilus influenzae
A414 Sepsis due to anaerobes
A4150 Gram-negative sepsis, unspecified
A4151 Sepsis due to Escherichia coli [E. coli]
A4152 Sepsis due to Pseudomonas
A4153 Sepsis due to Serratia
A4159 Other Gram-negative sepsis
A4181 Sepsis due to Enterococcus
A4189 Other specified sepsis
A419 Sepsis, unspecified organism
A427 Actinomycotic sepsis
A5486 Gonococcal sepsis
B377 Candidal sepsis
R6520 Severe sepsis without septic shock
R6521 Severe sepsis with septic shock
R7881 Bacteremia