R65.21✓ Billable

Severe sepsis with septic shock

Also Indexed As(ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index)

These clinical terms, synonyms, and manifestations all map to R65.21 in the official ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index.

Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic), with, organ dysfunction (acute), with septic shockSepsis (generalized) (unspecified organism), severe, with septic shockSepsis (generalized) (unspecified organism), with, organ dysfunction (acute) (multiple), with septic shockSevere sepsis, with septic shockShock, endotoxicShock, gram-negativeShock, septic (due to severe sepsis)

✗ Excludes 1(Not coded here)

  • •postprocedural septic shock (T81.12-)

Code Hierarchy

┌18Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)├R50-R69General symptoms and signs (R50-R69)├R65Symptoms and signs specifically associated with systemic inflammation and infection
└R65.21Severe sepsis with septic shock

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