Wiki Sepsis from Viral Diarrhea????

[AnthonyBush]

Principle diagnosis:
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Sepsis from viral diarrhea: Pt met sepsis criteria with WBC 16.8 and heart rate
>90 bpm. Diarrhea workup revealed likely viral in origin and resolved with
supportiv ecare.


(MD Documentation above)

Can somone help/suggest a dx code for this?

It was on a discharge summary from an inpatient stay.

Anthony Bush, CPC

 

[tharal]

For the sepsis, you can code 038.9/995.91 and code the viral diarrhea separately.

If the organism enters in the bloodstream only you can combine it with sepsis. But according to the documentation you can code sepsis as above.

Thara L CPC H

 

[AnthonyBush]

Thank you for taking the time to help.