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The principal diagnosis is 996.62, infection and inflammatory reaction due to other vascular device, and a code from category 038, septicemia is sequenced as a secondary diagnosis. Without the documentation of “sepsis” or “SIRS”, a code from subcategory 995.9, systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), would not be assigned (AHA ... ................
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