Urosepsis

• Urosepsis as a diagnosis is a LEGACY item that is no longer used as of Jan 1, 2019 (i.e. when we shifted diagnosis to ICD-10).
• The term "urosepsis" is not well defined, as it is used to mean various things, particularly either: (i) urinary tract infection, and/or (ii) sepsis with source being the urinary tract.
• For current coding, when the team notes "urosepsis" the data collector must:
  • Verify the presence of one or another urinary tract infection, and appropriately code that infection.
  • Assess whether the patient has sepsis or septic shock, and appropriately code that entity.
  • If the team believes that the sepsis/septic shock is a consequence of the urinary tract infection, then link those two codes.