The patient is in the intensive care unit with fluid overload with acute renal failure. He has type 2 DM and sepsis. The patient is sedated and on a ventilator because of respiratory failure. Code the diagnoses only:

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The correct coding sequence according to the ICD-10-CM guidelines is: Sepsis (A41.9), Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) of non-infectious origin without acute organ dysfunction (R65.20), Acute renal failure (N17.9), Acute respiratory failure (J96.00), and Type 2 diabetes mellitus with other specified complications (E11.8). This sequence follows the guidelines for coding sepsis first, followed by associated conditions and complications.

The Patient Is in the Intensive Care Unit with Fluid