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1 Short description: Anemia NOS. 2  ICD-9-CM 285.9 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 285.9 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015.
Coding Guidelines. Bacteremia/septicemia. Bacteremia, assigned code 790.7, is the presence of bacteria in the blood and is a laboratory finding. Septicemia, assigned code 038.x, is a systemic disease associated with the presence and persistence. of pathogenic microorganisms or their toxins in the blood, which can include bacteria, viruses,