Compliant code reporting would require a physician to document the condition irregardless of the clinical criteria that is available.
Coding is solely based on physician documentation not on clinical criteria William E. Haik, M.D., F.C.C.P., C.D.I.P. AHIMA Approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer Office: (850) 863-2110 Cell: (850) 803-5854 Fax: (850) 864-4438 > On Feb 3, 2017, at 7:25 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Send Sepsisgroups mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.sepsisgroups.org/listinfo.cgi/sepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Sepsisgroups digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: question (Gibbs, Katie) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2017 11:03:15 -0500 > From: "Gibbs, Katie" <[email protected]> > To: "'[email protected]'" > <[email protected]>, > "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Sepsis Groups] question > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Correct, our coders do this. I believe they can also code septic shock if > hypotension. > > From: Sepsisgroups [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2017 9:14 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Sepsis Groups] question > > Hello group, > > I am being told by our quality department that if a patient is documented > with severe sepsis and has a lactic acid greater than 4 that it is > automatically coded as septic shock even though it's not documented. Is this > true? > > Thanks, > Debbie Chambless > Sepsis Coordinator > Osceola Regional Medical Center > Kissimmee, Fl 34371 > 407-518-3949 > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.sepsisgroups.org/pipermail/sepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org/attachments/20170202/36bcd9f1/attachment.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Sepsisgroups mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sepsisgroups.org/listinfo.cgi/sepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Sepsisgroups Digest, Vol 232, Issue 20 > *********************************************
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