R78.81 - Bacteremia
The ICD 10 Code for Bacteremia is listed as R78.81.
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: | R78.81
|
| Description: | Bacteremia
|
| Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0) |
793 - Full Term Neonate W Major Problems
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 | Abnormal findings on examination of blood, without diagnosis (R70-R79) |
| Parent | R78.8 - Finding of other specified substances, not normally found in blood |
| ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): | |
| ICD 9 Dx Code: | 771.83 - Bacteremia of newborn (approximate) |
| ICD 9 Dx Code: | 790.7 - Bacteremia (approximate) |
| ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of R78.81: | |
| R78.89 - Finding of other specified substances, not normally found in blood | |