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2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 038.9
Unspecified septicemia
- Short description: Septicemia NOS.
- ICD-9-CM 038.9 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 038.9 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 038.9.
- More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 038.9: 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM:
038.9 converts approximately to:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM A41.9 Sepsis, unspecified organism
Approximate Synonyms
- Postprocedural sepsis
- Postprocedural septic shock
- Postsplenectomy septicemia
- Post-splenectomy septicemia
- Sepsis due to central venous catheter
- Sepsis due to infected central venous catheter
- Sepsis due to urinary tract infection
- Sepsis due to UTI
- Sepsis in childbirth
- Sepsis in childbirth (whole body reaction to serious infection)
- Sepsis related to central venous catheter
- Sepsis with septicemia
- Sepsis without acute organ dysfunction
- Sepsis without acute organ dysfunction due to gram positive bacteria
- Sepsis without acute organ dysfunction due to septicemia, final identification pending
- Sepsis wo acute organ dysfunction
- Sepsis wo acute organ dysfunction, w gram pos septicemia, final id pending
- Sepsis wo acute organ dysfunction, w septicemia, final id pending
- Septic pulmonary embolism
- Septic pulmonary embolism (blood clot in lung)
- Septic shock
- Septic shock acute organ dysfunction
- Septic shock after procedure
- Septic shock w acute organ dysfunction, w gram pos septicemia, final id pending
- Septic shock w acute organ dysfunction, w septicemia, final id pending
- Septic shock with acute organ dysfunction
- Septic shock with acute organ dysfunction due to gram positive coccus
- Septic shock with acute organ dysfunction due to septicemia, final identification pending
- Septicemia
- Septicemia (bacteria in blood)
- Septicemia after splenectomy
- Septicemia associated with central venous catheter
- Septicemia due to central venous catheter
- Severe sepsis acute organ dysfunction
- Severe sepsis w acute organ dysfunction
- Severe sepsis w acute organ dysfunction, w gram pos septicemia, final id pending
- Severe sepsis w acute organ dysfunction, w septicemia, final id pending
- Severe sepsis with acute organ dysfunction
- Severe sepsis with acute organ dysfunction due to gram positive bacteria
- Severe sepsis with acute organ dysfunction due to septicemia, final identification pending
- SIRS due to infection w acute organ dysfunction
- SIRS due to infection wo organ dysfunction
- Systemic inflammatory response syndrome
- Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) with acute organ dysfunction (disorder)
- Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) without organ dysfunction (disorder)
- Systemic inflammatory response syndrome from infection
- Urosepsis
038.9 Excludes
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ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to
038.9:
- Blood
poisoning (see also Septicemia) 038.9
- Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) 136.9
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generalized NEC (see also Septicemia) 038.9
- Pyemia, pyemic (purulent) (see also Septicemia) 038.9
abscess - see Abscess
arthritis (see also Arthritis, pyogenic) 711.0![](/images/note.png)
embolism (see also Septicemia) 415.12![](/images/note.png)
fever 038.9
infection 038.9
joint (see also Arthritis, pyogenic) 711.0![](/images/note.png)
phlebitis - see Phlebitis
specified organism NEC 038.8![](/images/note.png)
tuberculous - see Tuberculosis, miliary
- Sepsis (generalized) 995.91
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nadir 038.9
- Septicemia, septicemic (generalized) (suppurative) 038.9
with![](/images/vertical.gif)
abortion - see Abortion, by type, with sepsis![](/images/vertical.gif)
ectopic pregnancy (see also categories 633.0
-633.9
) 639.0![](/images/note.png)
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molar pregnancy (see also categories 630
-632
) 639.0![](/images/note.png)
cryptogenic 038.9
enteric gram-negative bacilli 038.40![](/images/note.png)
Erysipelothrix (insidiosa) (rhusiopathiae) 027.1![](/images/note.png)
following![](/images/vertical.gif)
abortion 639.0![](/images/note.png)
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ectopic or molar pregnancy 639.0![](/images/note.png)
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infusion, injection, transfusion, or vaccination 999.39![](/images/note.png)
Friedländer's (bacillus) 038.49![](/images/note.png)
gangrenous 038.9
gram-negative (organism) 038.40![](/images/note.png)
Listeria monocytogenes 027.0![](/images/note.png)
meningeal - see Meningitis
meningococcal (chronic) (fulminating) 036.2![](/images/note.png)
methicillin![](/images/vertical.gif)
resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) 038.12![](/images/note.png)
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susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) 038.11![](/images/note.png)
MRSA (methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus) 038.12![](/images/note.png)
MSSA (methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus) 038.11![](/images/note.png)
navel, newborn (organism unspecified) 771.89![](/images/note.png)
newborn (organism unspecified) 771.81![](/images/note.png)
Pseudomonas (aeruginosa) 038.43![](/images/note.png)
puerperal, postpartum 670.2![](/images/note.png)
Salmonella (aertrycke) (callinarum) (choleraesuis) (enteritidis) (suipestifer) 003.1![](/images/note.png)
Shigella (see also Dysentery, bacillary) 004.9![](/images/note.png)
specified organism NEC 038.8![](/images/note.png)
streptococcal (anaerobic) 038.0![](/images/note.png)
Streptococcus pneumoniae 038.2![](/images/note.png)
umbilicus, newborn (organism unspecified) 771.89![](/images/note.png)
Yersinia enterocolitica 038.49![](/images/note.png)
- Toxemia 799.89
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septic (see also Septicemia) 038.9