Septicemia/Bacteremia/Fungemia: Difference between revisions

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* Note: Septicemia/Bacteremia/Fungemia may be the working DX that the physician is treating but we cannot use the term septicemia unless there are positive blood cultures. If a source is not identified by cultures then use fever NYD. A septic patient just means that they likely have an infection somewhere, it does '''not'''mean they have septicemia. Again, the term "septicemia" is only used if the patient has a pathogen isolated in the blood!

*** Unknown pathogen(68)only used for septicemia if the patient was transferred from a hospital where positive blood cultures were found but it is unclear which organism it was because it was not included in the documentation sent with the patient.

* Unknown pathogen (68) only used for septicemia if the patient was transferred from a hospital where positive blood cultures were found but it is unclear which organism it was because it was not included in the documentation sent with the patient.

** what if unknown for other reasons? how is this different from normal use of code 68? {{discussion}} Ttenbergen 17:28, 2014 October 2 (CDT)

===Physician Recording Septicemia without +ve blood culture ===

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 * Note: Septicemia/Bacteremia/Fungemia may be the working DX that the physician is treating but we cannot use the term septicemia unless there are positive blood cultures.  If a source is not identified by cultures then use fever NYD.  A septic patient just means that they likely have an infection somewhere, it does '''not'''mean they have septicemia. Again, the term "septicemia" is only used if the patient has a pathogen isolated in the blood!
-*** Unknown pathogen(68)only used for septicemia if the patient was transferred from a hospital where positive blood cultures were found but it is unclear which organism it was because it was not included in the documentation sent with the patient.
+* Unknown pathogen (68) only used for septicemia if the patient was transferred from a hospital where positive blood cultures were found but it is unclear which organism it was because it was not included in the documentation sent with the patient.
+** what if unknown for other reasons? how is this different from normal use of code 68? {{discussion}} Ttenbergen 17:28, 2014 October 2 (CDT)
 ===Physician Recording Septicemia without +ve blood culture ===