Streptococcal sepsis - A40
Excludes1: It indicates that the conditions described by two codes cannot occur together in the same patient. These codes are mutually exclusive.
Type 1 Excludes:
- neonatal (P36.0-P36.1)
- puerperal sepsis (O85)
- sepsis due to Streptococcus, group D (A41.81)
Code First: This note advises that another code should be sequenced as the principal diagnosis before the code with this note.
Category codeFirst:
- postprocedural streptococcal sepsis (T81.4-)
- streptococcal sepsis during labor (O75.3)
- streptococcal sepsis following abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O03-O07, O08.0)
- streptococcal sepsis following immunization (T88.0)
- streptococcal sepsis following infusion, transfusion or therapeutic injection (T80.2-)
These ranges represents subcategories of Streptococcal sepsis. The "A40" signifies that these are the diseases within this broad category.