R65.2
Non-billableSevere sepsis
R65.2 is the ICD-10-CM code for Severe sepsis. It is a non-billable category code — use a more specific child code such as R65.20 for billing.
R00-R99 Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified
Includes
- •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
- •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-)
Frequently asked questions
Source: CMS ICD-10-CM FY2026. For informational purposes only — not medical advice. See our medical disclaimer.
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