Specific code 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
038.3 Excludes
  • gas gangrene (040.0)
  • that due to anaerobic streptococci (038.0)
Applies To
  • Septicemia due to bacteroides
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 038.3:
  • Septicemia, septicemic (generalized) (suppurative) 038.9
    • anaerobic 038.3
    • Bacteroides 038.3
    • Clostridium 038.3
    • gram-negative (organism) 038.40
      • anaerobic 038.3
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