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R65.21 - Severe sepsis with septic shock


The ICD 10 Code for Severe sepsis with septic shock is listed as R65.21.
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: R65.21
Description: Severe sepsis with septic shock
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
870 - Septicemia Or Severe Sepsis W Mv 96+ Hours
871 - Septicemia Or Severe Sepsis W/o Mv 96+ Hours W Mcc
872 - Septicemia Or Severe Sepsis W/o Mv 96+ Hours W/o Mcc
Chapter Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
Block General symptoms and signs (R50-R69)
Parent R65.2 - Severe sepsis
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: Combination:
785.52 - Septic shock
with
995.92 - Severe sepsis
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of R65.21:
R65.20 - Severe sepsis without septic shock