R65.2 - Severe sepsis

The ICD 10 Code for Severe sepsis is listed as R65.2.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field	Value
Diagnosis Code:	R65.2
Description:	Severe sepsis Infection with associated acute organ dysfunction Sepsis with acute organ dysfunction Sepsis with multiple organ dysfunction Systemic inflammatory response syndrome due to infectious process with acute organ dysfunction Code first underlying infection, such as: infection following a procedure (T81.4) infections following infusion, transfusion and therapeutic injection (T80.2-) puerperal sepsis (O85) sepsis following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion (O03.87) sepsis following ectopic and molar pregnancy (O08.82) sepsis following incomplete spontaneous abortion (O03.37) sepsis following (induced) termination of pregnancy (O04.87) sepsis NOS (A41.9) Use additional code to identify specific acute organ dysfunction, such as: acute kidney failure (N17.-) acute respiratory failure (J96.0-) critical illness myopathy (G72.81) critical illness polyneuropathy (G62.81) disseminated intravascular coagulopathy [DIC] (D65) encephalopathy (metabolic) (septic) (G93.41) hepatic failure (K72.0-)

Chapter	Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
Block	General symptoms and signs (R50-R69)
Parent	R65 - Symptoms and signs specifically associated with systemic inflammation and infection
ICD-10-CM Children (deeper level / typically more specific) of R65.2:
R65.20 - Severe sepsis without septic shock
R65.21 - Severe sepsis with septic shock
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of R65.2:
R65.1 - Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) of non-infectious origin