Team Meeting June 12 2008: Difference between revisions

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==Questions/Concerns Submitted==

1. Clarify definition for '''Hypotension NYD'''- it says not due to shock or post-op in the code book we don't know when to use this. Why can't we just have hypotension NYD for a code? In other words if patients don't meet the specific criteria for septic shock or hypovolemic shock or cardiogenic shock it would be NYD.

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2. Clarify definition '''Septic Shock'''. (Criteria are in DX code guide for Septic Shock. The exact question here according to Gail Hall was as follows: if a patient doesn't meet the criteria for septic shock as outline in the Diagnosis code criteria for Septic shock, for example is hypothermic instead of hyperthermic, yet the physician is calling it septic shock, what is the collector suppose to do:

2.Clarify definition '''Septic Shock'''. (Criteria are in DX code guide for Septic Shock. The exact question here according to Gail Hall was as follows: if a patient doesn't meet the criteria for septic shock as outline in the Diagnosis code criteria for Septic shock, for example is hypothermic instead of hyperthermic, yet the physician is calling it septic shock, what is the collector suppose to do:

a. follow the criteria and if they are NOT met then don't code a septic shock or

b. If physician DX is the working DX and that is what they are treating, then code as septic shock or

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 ==Questions/Concerns Submitted==
 . Clarify definition for '''Hypotension NYD'''- it says not due to shock or post-op in the code book we don't know when to use this. Why can't we just have hypotension NYD for a code? In other words if patients don't meet the specific criteria for septic shock or hypovolemic shock or cardiogenic shock it would be NYD.
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-. Clarify definition '''Septic Shock'''. (Criteria are in DX code guide for Septic Shock.   The exact question here according to Gail Hall was as follows:  if a patient doesn't meet the criteria for septic shock as outline in the Diagnosis code criteria for Septic shock, for example is hypothermic instead of hyperthermic, yet the physician is calling it septic shock, what is the collector suppose to do:
+.Clarify definition '''Septic Shock'''. (Criteria are in DX code guide for Septic Shock.   The exact question here according to Gail Hall was as follows:  if a patient doesn't meet the criteria for septic shock as outline in the Diagnosis code criteria for Septic shock, for example is hypothermic instead of hyperthermic, yet the physician is calling it septic shock, what is the collector suppose to do:
 a. follow the criteria and if they are NOT met then don't code a septic shock or
 b. If physician DX is the working DX and that is what they are treating, then code as septic shock or