Emergency: 119
AMDA-IMIC

A41 Other sepsis

Category / Non-billable header 18 subcodes

Block: Other bacterial diseases (A30-A49)

Excludes 1 (cannot be coded together)

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

Excludes 2 (not included here)

  • 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)

Code First

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

Subcodes

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Code Description Billable
A41..0 Sepsis due to Staphylococcus aureus No
A41..01 Sepsis due to Methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Yes
A41..02 Sepsis due to Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus Yes
A41..1 Sepsis due to other specified staphylococcus Yes
A41..2 Sepsis due to unspecified staphylococcus Yes
A41..3 Sepsis due to Hemophilus influenzae Yes
A41..4 Sepsis due to anaerobes Yes
A41..5 Sepsis due to other Gram-negative organisms No
A41..50 Gram-negative sepsis, unspecified Yes
A41..51 Sepsis due to Escherichia coli [E. coli] Yes
A41..52 Sepsis due to Pseudomonas Yes
A41..53 Sepsis due to Serratia Yes
A41..54 Sepsis due to Acinetobacter baumannii Yes
A41..59 Other Gram-negative sepsis Yes
A41..8 Other specified sepsis No
A41..81 Sepsis due to Enterococcus Yes
A41..89 Other specified sepsis Yes
A41..9 Sepsis, unspecified organism Yes

Plain-language term for this code

The following entry in the US Medical Glossary corresponds to ICD-10-CM category A41:

Last reviewed: September 2026