AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 1986 November - December
Toxic Shock Syndrome, 040.89
Toxic shock syndrome is assigned to code 040.89, Other specified bacterial diseases, Other. Code also any diagnosis of cardiac or renal failure occurring in severe cases. Note: As of October 1, 2002 the correct code for Toxic Shock Syndrome is 040.82. See Coding Clinic, Fourth Quarter, 2002 pg. 44. Staphylococcus aureus has been isolated from various sites, such as nasopharynx, vagina, rectum, or wounds, but blood cultures in cases of toxic shock syndrome are negative for septicemia. Toxic shock syndrome is characterized by abrupt onset of high fever, vomiting, and watery diarrhea. Cardiac and renal failure have...
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