AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2000 Second Quarter

SEPTICEMIA

Note: This information has been superceded by Coding Clinic, Fourth Quarter 2003 pages 79-81. Infection involves the presence of organisms in a normally sterile site, which is usually, but not necessarily accompanied by host inflammatory response. Septicemia, also called sepsis, implies greater severity, the release of toxins into the bloodstream, and the presence of bacteria in the blood. Bacteria may enter the bloodstream from an infected area of the body or after an injury or a surgical procedure and may lead to multiple organ failure. Sepsis involves clinical evidence of infection, and evidence of systemic response to infection. Systemic...

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