Severe sepsis
Notes: 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 ; Severe sepsis NOS ; 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-) ; 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)