The first documentation is the one that counts. Per the guidelines we only enter one episode per admission. "Sepsis" alone unless clinical criteria is met doesn't rule the patient in for the focus study.
Mary Draper RN BSN Coordinator Quality Improvement Peer Review Support CV/CT Quality Management JMH Office (925) 674-2045 Cell (925) 451-8792 Fax (925) 674-2373 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [cid:[email protected]] "O, let us always have a mountain within our soul, with a peak so high that we never quite reach the top... For then we will always strive for greater things and will not be content with merely climbing hills." Ardath Rodale From: Sepsisgroups [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Schrecengost, Lisa M. Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2017 5:18 AM To: [email protected] Cc: Pavlekovsky, Kim <[email protected]>; Hoss, Ashley K. <[email protected]> Subject: [Sepsis Groups] severe sepsis documentation If a physician documents severe sepsis one day and the next day he documents sepsis, is this considered severe sepsis or sepsis? Thanks, Lisa Lisa Schrecengost RN BSN Clinical Resource Management ACMH Hospital One Nolte Drive Kittanning, PA 16201 Phone: 724-543-8871 email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.
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