Sepsis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae
Billable / specificHCC V28 2
A40.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
Applicable to
- Pneumococcal sepsis
Includes (from A40)
- diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-) (from A40)
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters (from A40)
- infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-) (from A40)
- infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) (from A40)
- influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22) (from A40)
Code first
Sequence the underlying condition first.
- , if applicable, postprocedural sepsis (T81.44-) (from A40)
- sepsis due to central venous catheter (T80.211-) (from A40)
- streptococcal sepsis during labor (O75.3) (from A40)
- streptococcal sepsis following abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O03.37, O03.87, O04.87, O07.37, O08.82) (from A40)
- streptococcal sepsis following immunization (T88.0-) (from A40)
- streptococcal sepsis following infusion, transfusion or therapeutic injection (T80.22-, T80.29-) (from A40)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
Also known as
- Pneumococcal sepsis
- Embolism, pyemic, pneumococcal
- Infection, infected, infective, pneumococcus, pneumococcal NEC, generalized
- Pneumococcemia
- Pyemia, pyemic, pneumococcal
- Sepsis, pneumococcal
- Sepsis, Streptococcus, streptococcal, pneumoniae
Parent code
- A40Streptococcal sepsisHeader