Bacteremia: Difference between revisions
Ttenbergen (talk | contribs) m This one is still {{ICD10 category|Testing}} anyway... it would only be used if no details are known. Realize now that this needs to be flagged for collectors. |
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*Bacteremia is a lab finding, not a disease. Following our general rule, code symptoms, signs and diagnostic abnormalities when the '''underlying cause is unknown'''. If that cause is known, then of course you must code the cause, and coding the abnormal finding is optional. | *Bacteremia is a lab finding, not a disease. Following our general rule, code symptoms, signs and diagnostic abnormalities when the '''underlying cause is unknown'''. If that cause is known, then of course you must code the cause, and coding the abnormal finding is optional. | ||
**So, if the patient has a known infection AND/OR '''[[Severe sepsis]]''' OR '''[[Shock, septic]]''' you MUST code those. | **So, if the patient has a known infection AND/OR '''[[Severe sepsis]]''' OR '''[[Shock, septic]]''' you MUST code those. | ||
{{DiscussAllan | Is this supposed to be used as new code for [[Septicemia]]? That is how it is being used.... Ttenbergen 10:29, 2018 June 29 (CDT)}} | |||
== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == | == Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == | ||