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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