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*[[Bacteremia]] is a clearcut entity, which means '''bacteria circulating in the blood, and not due to contaminated blood culture'''. [[#Bacteremia is '''not''' a blind replacement for septicemia!]] | *[[Bacteremia]] is a clearcut entity, which means '''bacteria circulating in the blood, and not due to contaminated blood culture'''. [[#Bacteremia is '''not''' a blind replacement for septicemia!]] | ||
*NOTE: Bacteremia is a finding, not a specific disease. And even though the general rule is that coding findings/signs/symptoms is optional when the underlying cause is known, you should ALWAYS specifically code bactermia when present | *NOTE: Bacteremia is a finding, not a specific disease. And even though the general rule is that coding findings/signs/symptoms is optional when the underlying cause is known, you should ALWAYS specifically code bactermia when present | ||
**Furthermore, at the discretion of the data collector, | **Furthermore, at the discretion of the data collector, they can be coded as [[Combined ICD10 codes]] with another presumed infection (e.g. Klebsiella pneumonia with to Klebsiella bacteremia), but if it’s not completely clear that they’re related, code the bacteremia seperately as “free standing”. {{DA | what do you mean by free-standing? Do you mean not to use [[Combined ICD10 codes]]? Bacteremia is in [[:Category:Infection requiring pathogen]], so it has to be coded with a pathogen. Do you mean it should be coded with [[Infectious organism, unknown]] or similar? Ttenbergen 13:36, 2019 February 1 (CST)}} | ||
***If you include any of the sepsis codes AND you have bacteremia, then it's a clinical decision of whether or not to link those two codes. | ***If you include any of the sepsis codes AND you have bacteremia, then it's a clinical decision of whether or not to link those two codes. | ||