News: AHA's Coding Clinic offers clarification on 'sepsis syndrome'
CDI Strategies, September 27, 2012
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When the term ‘sepsis syndrome’ is documented coders and CDI specialists have to query the physician. That’s the latest guidance from Coding Clinic for ICD-9-CM released in its 2nd Quarter 2012 edition pp 21-22. The article states, “The term ‘sepsis syndrome’ is poorly defined. Query the physician to determine the specific condition(s) the patient has.”
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