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| Question pertains to the utilization of the sepsis codes: [[Septic Shock]], [[Severe Sepsis]] and [[Septicemia]].
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| All three have specific guidelines in the code book, when and if data collector interperates these incorrectly and codes Severe sepsis rather than Septic shock, or Septecemia instead of either Septic shock, or Severe sepsis, What are the ramifications to the data base and subsequent research studies. --[[User:JHutton|JHutton]] 13:18, 5 May 2009 (CDT)
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| **question forwarded on to Bruce Light and Anand Kumar May 27.09.[[User:TOstryzniuk|TOstryzniuk]] 14:41, 28 May 2009 (CDT)
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| *FROM DR. KUMAR:
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| **Re sepsis codes..there are ramifications but at least if they are in there, we can find them.
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| **remember, septic shock (ie sepsis with shock) is the '''priority code''' if present. Then severe sepsis (sepsis with organ failure other than shock). You can only use one or the other, not both.
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| **Septicemia only means positive blood cultures. So it can be used with either other sepsis diagnosis (severe sepsis, septic shock)or with other infection (urosepsis, pneumonia, etc.). This confusion is why I’d originally suggested using the term bacteremia/fungemia instead of septicemia.[[User:TOstryzniuk|TOstryzniuk]] 17:19, 1 June 2009 (CDT) | |