I76 is the authoritative medical code for Septic arterial embolism. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for septic arterial embolism (ICD-10-CM I76), ensuring healthcare documentation aligns with 2026 federal coding standards.
Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for I76 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.
Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.
Underlying conditions that must be sequenced before this code.
Supplementary codes the tabular list directs you to add.
Per Excludes2 instructions, I76 and the following may both be reported when both are present: septic pulmonary embolism (I26.01, I26.90).
Yes. Code first: underlying infection, such as:; infective endocarditis (I33.0); lung abscess (J85.-).
Use additional code(s) to specify: code to identify the site of the embolism (I74.-).
Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.
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