Template:ICD10 Guideline Sepsis

This template info about coding sepsis to keep it consistent across pages.

To use:

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Excludes: Only code one of Shock, septic or Severe sepsis, do not code them together. Sepsis comes in two subcategories:

• Sepsis is life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection -- NOTE this was the 2001 definition of "severe sepsis"
• Septic shock is a subset of sepsis in which profound circulatory, cellular and metabolic abnormalities are associated with a greater risk of mortality than with sepsis alone

The cause of the sepsis can be proven infection or presumed infection. Positive cultures are not required.

background about 2016 sepsis consensus

Even though as of November 2017 ICD-10 has not yet been modified to reflect it, we are using the 2016 consensus definition of sepsis and septic shock (JAMA 315(8):801-10, 2016). These new definitions completely do away with talking about the Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS).