B37.7 Candidal sepsis

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Major Complication or Comorbidity (MCC) as a secondary diagnosis.

Applicable to

• Disseminated candidiasis
• Systemic candidiasis

Applies from B37 Candidiasis

Includes

• candidosis
• moniliasis

Excludes1 (never code together)

• neonatal candidiasis (P37.5)

Risk adjustment (HCC)

• CMS-HCC V28: HCC 6 — Opportunistic Infections
• CMS-HCC V22: HCC 6 — Opportunistic Infections
• ESRD V24: HCC 6

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 870-872 in MDC 18.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 112.5 Disseminated candidiasis (approximate)
• 995.91 Sepsis (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to B37.7

Back-references to B37.7

• Type 2 Excludes: A41 Other sepsis ("sepsis (due to) (in) candidal (B37.7)")

Back-references to B37

• Code First: M01 Direct infections of joint in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere ("mycoses (B35-B49)")

Diagnosis Index entries for B37.7

• Candidiasis, candidal › disseminated
• Candidiasis, candidal › sepsis
• Candidiasis, candidal › systemic
• Fungemia NOS › candida
• Sepsis (generalized) (unspecified organism) › candidal

Nearby codes

• B37.41 Candidal cystitis and urethritis
• B37.42 Candidal balanitis
• B37.49 Other urogenital candidiasis
• B37.5 Candidal meningitis
• B37.6 Candidal endocarditis
• B37.7 Candidal sepsis (this code)
• B37.8 Candidiasis of other sites
• B37.81 Candidal esophagitis
• B37.82 Candidal enteritis
• B37.83 Candidal cheilitis
• B37.84 Candidal otitis externa