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This study aimed to develop and validate a prognostic nomogram for predicting mortality in septic ICU patients with PCI\/CCI. Methods: Data were obtained from the Russian Intensive Care Dataset (RICD). Eligible patients had confirmed sepsis episodes according to Sepsis-3 criteria. The cohort was randomly split into training and testing sets in a 7:3 ratio. Multivariable Cox regression identified predictors of mortality, which were incorporated into a prognostic nomogram. Predictive accuracy was assessed using Harrell\u2019s C-index, and horizon-specific area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC). Results: A total of 336 septic patients were analyzed, with an overall ICU mortality of 14.0%. Median ICU length of stay was 44 days, and median time to sepsis onset was 10 days. Recurrent sepsis episodes occurred in 28.6% of patients. In multivariable analysis, four predictors of mortality were identified: age, SOFA score at sepsis onset, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and time to sepsis onset. The nomogram demonstrated a C-index of 0.787 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.669; 0.890) in the training set and one of 0.715 (95% CI 0.584; 0.836) in the testing set. In the testing set, the horizon-specific AUROCs were 0.898, 0.741, and 0.703 for 14-, 28-, and 42-day survival prediction, respectively. Conclusions: The prognostic nomogram, specifically tailored for PCI\/CCI septic patients, demonstrated a testing-set C-index of 0.715, with higher 14-day predictive performance, whereas predictive accuracy decreased at later time points. 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