Edit ICD10 dx: Severe sepsis

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{{ICD10 transition status | OldDxArticle =Severe Sepsis | CurrentStatus = reconciled | InitialEditorAssigned = Stephanie Cortilet }} == Additional Info == {{ICD10 Guideline Sepsis}} == Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == *[[Sepsis (SIRS due to infection, without acute organ failure)]] *[[Shock, septic]] *[[Puerperal (post-delivery) infections or sepsis]] *[[Bacteremia]] AND [[Fungemia, NOS]] -- these are laboratory manifestations, and while it's OK to code them if present, if you do so you should also code the clinical manifestation (such as sepsis, etc). {{ListICD10Category | categoryName = shock}} == Candidate [[Combined ICD10 codes]] == *Also code the causative infection. {{ICD10 Guideline Infection}} == Related CCI Codes == == Reporting == For reporting purposes we group our ICD10 Diagnoses by ICD10 chapter. '''Sepsis is an exception to this!''' [[Sepsis (SIRS due to infection, without acute organ failure)]] and [[Severe sepsis]] will be reported as a group outside of the ICD10 chapters. == Background == === Introduction of ... === *Even though as of November 2017 ICD-10 has not yet been modified to reflect it, we are using the 2016 consensus definition of sepsis and septic shock (JAMA 315(8):801-10, 2016). These new definitions completely do away with talking about the Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS). In the 2016 definitions {{Data Integrity Check List}} == Related Articles == {{Related Articles}} {{ICD10 footer}} {{EndPlaceHolder}}

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