Emergency: 119
AMDA-IMIC

A40 Streptococcal sepsis

Category / Non-billable header 5 subcodes

Block: Other bacterial diseases (A30-A49)

Excludes 1 (cannot be coded together)

  • neonatal (P36.0-P36.1)
  • puerperal sepsis (O85)
  • sepsis due to Streptococcus, group D (A41.81)

Code First

  • , if applicable, postprocedural sepsis (T81.44-)
  • sepsis due to central venous catheter (T80.211-)
  • streptococcal sepsis during labor (O75.3)
  • streptococcal sepsis following abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O03.37, O03.87, O04.87, O07.37, O08.82)
  • streptococcal sepsis following immunization (T88.0-)
  • streptococcal sepsis following infusion, transfusion or therapeutic injection (T80.22-, T80.29-)

Subcodes

Each subcode links to a detail page with full clinical annotations.

Code Description Billable
A40..0 Sepsis due to streptococcus, group A Yes
A40..1 Sepsis due to streptococcus, group B Yes
A40..3 Sepsis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae Yes
A40..8 Other streptococcal sepsis Yes
A40..9 Streptococcal sepsis, unspecified Yes

Last reviewed: September 2026