2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 038.3
Septicemia due to anaerobes
- Short description: Anaerobic septicemia.
- ICD-9-CM 038.3 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 038.3 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 2012 version of ICD-9-CM 038.3.
- More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 038.3: 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM:
038.3 converts approximately to:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM A41.4 Sepsis due to anaerobes
Approximate Synonyms
- Sepsis without acute organ dysfunction due to anaerobic septicemia
- Sepsis wo acute organ dysfunction, w anaerobic septicemia
- Sepsis, anaerobic septicemia
- Septic shock acute organ dysfunction, anaerobic
- Septic shock w acute organ dysfunction, w anaerobic septicemia
- Septic shock with acute organ dysfunction due to anaerobic septicemia
- Severe sepsis acute organ dysfunction, anaerobic
- Severe sepsis w acute organ dysfunction, w anaerobic septicemia
- Severe sepsis with acute organ dysfunction due to anaerobic septicemia
Applies To
- Septicemia due to bacteroides
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anaerobic 
gram-negative (organism) 
