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038.9 - Unspecified Septicemia


The ICD 9 Code for Unspecified septicemia is listed as 038.9.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
ICD 9 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: 038.9
Long Description: Unspecified septicemia
Short Description: Septicemia NOS
Chapter: Infectious And Parasitic Diseases
Block: Other Bacterial Diseases (030-041)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: A41.9 - Sepsis, unspecified organism (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 038.9:
038.0 - Streptococcal septicemia
038.2 - Pneumococcal septicemia [Streptococcus pneumoniae septicemia]
038.3 - Septicemia due to anaerobes
038.8 - Other specified septicemias