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ICD-10-CM Code for Toxic shock syndrome A48.3

ICD-10 code A48.3 for Toxic shock syndrome is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Certain infectious and parasitic diseases .

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Toxic shock syndrome
Use additional code to identify the organism (B95, B96)
Excludes1: endotoxic shock NOS (R57.8)
sepsis NOS (A41.9)

A48

Excludes1: actinomycetoma (B47.1)

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