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Bacterial sepsis of the newborn (P36)
Official text from the FY2027 ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting. The wording is quoted exactly.
Guidelines I.C.16.f
“If a perinate is documented as having sepsis without documentation of congenital or community acquired, the default is congenital and a code from category P36 should be assigned.”
“If the P36 code does not include the causal organism, assign an additional code from category B96.”
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