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R65.2 Severe sepsis
BackR65Symptoms and signs specifically associated with systemic inflammation and infectionCategory2 →R65.1Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) of non-infectious originCategory2 →R65.10Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) of non-infectious origin without acute organ dysfunctionCategoryR65.11Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) of non-infectious origin with acute organ dysfunctionCategoryR65.2Severe sepsisCategory2 →R65.20Severe sepsis without septic shockCategoryR65.21Severe sepsis with septic shockCategory
Category
R65.2
Severe sepsis
EXAMPLES
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
Sepsis with acute organ dysfunction
Sepsis with multiple organ dysfunction
Systemic inflammatory response syndrome due to infectious process with acute organ dysfunction
CODING RULE
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-)
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-)
- Chapter
- XVIII · Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified
- Section
- R50-R69
- Valid from
Source
CMS ICD-10-CM Tabular List, edition FY2026.