A41.0
A41.0 — Sepsis due to Staphylococcus aureus
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
A41.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for sepsis due to staphylococcus aureus. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with A41.0
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at A41.0. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading A41.0 alone.
- Z16Resistance to antimicrobial drugs
Risk adjustment
A41.0 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead A41.0
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share A41. If A41.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about A41.0
- Is A41.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. A41.0 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does A41.0 sit in the tabular list?
- Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Other bacterial diseases (A30-A49).