AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2025 Issue 1; Ask the Editor

Bacteremia with Endocarditis of Cardiac Valve Prosthesis

A patient was diagnosed with streptococcus viridans bacteremia and endocarditis of a transplanted aortic valve. Codes T82.6XXA, Infection and inflammatory reaction due to cardiac valve prosthesis, initial encounter, and I33.0, Acute and subacute infective endocarditis, were assigned to capture endocarditis of the cardiac valve prosthesis. Code B95.4, Other streptococcus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere, was assigned to capture the specified bacteria (streptococcus viridans). Is it appropriate to assign a separate code for the bacteremia? ...

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