Documentation and Coding for Patient Safety Indicators

If the reason for admission is sepsis (or severe sepsis or SIRS) and a localized infection (such as cellulitis, pyelonephritis, pneumonia, meningitis, cholangitis, peritonitis, etc), the code for the systemic infection (e.g., 038.X, 112.5, etc), is sequenced first, followed by code 995.91 or 995.92, and then the code for the localized infection. ................
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