Our facility performs concurrent reviews on all potential sepsis patients. When patients meet the 3 criteria for "severe sepsis" but the physician documentation is very clear that "severe sepsis" is not believed to be present, would this case be abstracted as YES for severe sepsis? (chances are the case would populate for abstraction if "sepsis" is captured by the medical coders. This component of the abstraction is very confusing when there is conflicting medical record documentation.
Karen King, RN MSN Quality Management Core Measures Specialist, Lead Lakeview Regional Medical Center 95 Judge Tanner Boulevard Covington, LA 70433 Office: (985) 867-4467 Cell: (985) 788-0585 Fax: (985) 867-4263 Email: [email protected] This email and any files transmitted with it may contain privileged or confidential information and may be read or used only by the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient of the email or any of its attachments, please be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, distribution, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email or any attached files is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately purge it and all attachments and notify the sender by reply email or contact the sender at the number listed.
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