Severe sepsis

**Inclusion terms:** - Infection with associated acute organ dysfunction - Sepsis with acute organ dysfunction - Sepsis with multiple organ dysfunction - Systemic inflammatory response syndrome due to infectious process with acute organ dysfunction

**Code first:** - underlying infection, such as: - infection following a procedure (T81.4-) - infections following infusion, transfusion and therapeutic injection (T80.2-) - puerperal sepsis (O85) - sepsis following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion (O03.87) - sepsis following ectopic and molar pregnancy (O08.82) - sepsis following incomplete spontaneous abortion (O03.37) - sepsis following (induced) termination of pregnancy (O04.87) - sepsis NOS (A41.9)

**Use additional code:** - code to identify specific acute organ dysfunction, such as: - acute kidney failure (N17.-) - acute respiratory failure (J96.0-) - critical illness myopathy (G72.81) - critical illness polyneuropathy (G62.81) - disseminated intravascular coagulopathy [DIC] (D65) - encephalopathy (metabolic) (septic) (G93.41) - hepatic failure (K72.0-)