For a patient diagnosed with sepsis and associated acute respiratory failure, the ICD-10-CM codes are:
A41.9: Sepsis, unspecified organism.
R65.21: Severe sepsis with septic shock.
J96.00: Acute respiratory failure, unspecified whether with hypoxia or hypercapnia.
These codes appropriately capture the severity of the sepsis and the presence of acute respiratory failure.
ICD-10-CM guidelines
AMA ' s CPT® Professional Edition (current year)
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