Jamie K; Merwin, Courtney C.; 'sepsisgroups@lists.sepsisgroups.org'
Subject: Re: [Sepsis Groups] [EXTERNAL] Re: Sepsis & COVID
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Subject: Re: [Sepsis Groups] [EXTERNAL] Re: Sepsis & COVID
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The CMS specs manual specifically says “Documentation that is not acceptable
for infection: Viral infections”
Also, it says, “If physician/APN/PA documentation within 6 hours following the
initial documentation of an infection indicates that the infection is due to a
viral, fungal or parasitic
Good morning,
Any organism, whether viral, fungal, parasitic, bacterial, etc., has always had
the possibility of triggering the systemic sepsis response and has never
changed the treatment recommendations of EGDT by experts. Viral infection is
not an exclusionary criteria for abstraction and
