Sepsis. Septic shock. SIRS. Septicemia. Whether you’re new to the coding or CDI specialist profession or have been working in the field for decades, you know that accurately capturing the documentation needed for appropriate code assignment of sepsis-related diagnosis can be tricky—or downright difficult—given the wide variety of definitions physicians use and the rules governing code assignment. In this webinar, experts James S. Kennedy, MD, CCS, CDIP, CCDS, and Paul Evans, RHIA, CCDS, CCS, CCS-P, break out their dictionaries, dust off their history and rule books, and offer up their clinical acumen to help you decipher documentation improvement opportunities. Agenda: Development of sepsis’ definition The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock Coding and documentation conundrums Regulatory responses to new definitions Collaborative responses Q&A | At the conclusion of this program, you will be able to: Identify and contrast Sepsis-3 definitions, clinical indicators (e.g., SOFA, qSOFA), and supplemental advice from the Surviving Sepsis campaign Explain the differences between the Sepsis-2 and Sepsis-3 clinical criteria and terminology Incorporate new clinical criteria into existing clinical and coding workflows and processes Explain key coding and quality documentation requirements associated with sepsis-related diagnoses Compose effective queries related to the new definitions | |
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