AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2003 Fourth Quarter; VOLUMES 1 & 2 NEW/REVISED CODES

Coding of Septicemia, SIRS, Sepsis, Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock

Since the creation of the series of codes for systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), effective October 1, 2002, and the inclusion of the term sepsis under code 995.91, Systemic inflammatory response syndrome due to infectious process without organ dysfunction, effective with the October 1, 2003 update, there have been many questions on the proper coding of infections. The information in this article refers to coding of sepsis in adult, non-gravid patients. Separate codes exist for sepsis complicating pregnancy and in newborns. Though the terms septicemia and sepsis have often been used interchangeably by physicians, they are no longer...

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