Severe Sepsis: Difference between revisions

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This page is about the pre-ICD10 diagnosis coding schema. See the ICD10 Diagnosis List, or the following for similar diagnoses in ICD10:Severe sepsis

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Category/Organ System:	Category: Severe Sepsis (old)
Type:	Category: SEVERE SEPSIS (old)
Main Diagnosis:	45-00
Sub Diagnosis:	Critical Care and Medicine
Diagnosis Code:	Currently Collected
Comorbid Diagnosis:
Charlson Comorbid coding (pre ICD10):
Program:
Status:

Guideline:

Severe Sepsis is organ failure (as defined by Septic Shock) but excludes hypotension.

Mutually exclusive with Septic Shock

Also see: Septicemia definition.

This is mutually exclusive with 44-00 Septic Shock.

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 {{DX tag | Severe Sepsis | SEVERE SEPSIS | 45-00 | '''Critical Care and Medicine''' | Currently Collected | |}}
+'''Guideline''':
+:Severe Sepsis is '''organ failure''' (as defined by [[Septic Shock]]) '''but excludes hypotension'''.
 Mutually exclusive with [[Septic Shock]]
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 Also see: [[Septicemia]] definition.
-'''Guideline''':
-Severe Sepsis is '''organ failure''' (as defined by [[Septic Shock]]) '''but excludes hypotension'''.
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