2009 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 038.8
Other specified septicemias
- Short description: SEPTICEMIA NEC.
- ICD-9-CM 038.8 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 038.8 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
- You are viewing the 2009 version of ICD-9-CM 038.8.
- More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 038.8: 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM:
038.8 converts approximately to:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM A41.89 Other specified sepsis
Approximate Synonyms
- Actinomycotic sepsis
- Actinomycotic septicemia
- Gram positive sepsis
- Gram positive septicemia
- Hemorrhagic septicemia due to Pasteurella multocida
- Proteus septicemia
- Sepsis
- Sepsis due to Actinomyces
- Sepsis due to enterococcus
- Sepsis with chromobacterium septicemia
- Sepsis with enterococcal septicemia
- Sepsis without acute organ dysfunction due to Chromobacterium
- Sepsis wo acute organ dysfunction, w Chromobacterium septicemia
- Sepsis wo acute organ dysfunction, w Enterococcal septicemia
- Sepsis wo acute organ dysfunction, w other septicemia
- Septic shock w acute organ dysfunction, w Chromobacterium septicemia
- Septic shock w acute organ dysfunction, w Enterococcal septicemia
- Septic shock with acute organ dysfunction
- Septic shock with acute organ dysfunction due to Chromobacterium
- Septic shock with acute organ dysfunction due to enterococcus
- Severe sepsis w acute organ dysfunction, w Chromobacterium septicemia
- Severe sepsis w acute organ dysfunction, w Enterococcal septicemia
- Severe sepsis with acute organ dysfunction
- Severe sepsis with acute organ dysfunction due to chromobacterium
- Severe sepsis with acute organ dysfunction due to enterococcus
038.8 Excludes
- septicemia (due to):
- septicemic plague (020.2
)
specified organism NEC 
