Group B Strep ICD 10 – Coding & Billing Solutions

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Group B Strep ICD 10 – Coding & Billing Solutions

2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A40.1

Group B Strep ICD 10 Sepsis due to streptococcus, group B

  • A40.1 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
  • The 2024 edition of ICD-10-CM A40.1 became effective on October 1, 2023.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of A40.1 – other international versions of ICD-10 A40.1 may differ.

The following code(s) above A40.1 contain annotation back-references

that may be applicable to A40.1:

  • A00-B99 – Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
  • A40 – Streptococcal sepsis

Approximate Synonyms

  • Sepsis due to streptococcus agalactiae
  • Sepsis with septicemia
  • Septic shock with acute organ dysfunction
  • Septic shock with acute organ dysfunction due to group b streptococcus
  • Severe sepsis with acute organ dysfunction
  • Severe sepsis with acute organ dysfunction due to group b streptococcus

ICD-10-CM A40.1 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v41.0):

  • 870 Septicemia or severe sepsis with mv >96 hours
  • 871 Septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc
  • 872 Septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours without mcc

Convert A40.1 to ICD-9-CM

Code History

  • 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
  • 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
  • 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
  • 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
  • 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
  • 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
  • 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
  • 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
  • 2024 (effective 10/1/2023): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to A40.1:

    Sepsis (generalized) (unspecified organism) A41.9

        Streptococcus, streptococcal A40.9

            group

                B A40.1

            agalactiae A40.1

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

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