Alta
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Question for you sepsis experts. Pt has SIRS/sepsis due to UTI with E. Coli. The urine culture is E. coli. No mention or connection to the blood. Not stating sepsis due to E. Coli.
So you code
038.9 unspecified septicemia
599.0 UTI
995.91 Sepsis
Now, if you want to put the organism for the UTI E. Coli 041.4, you get an edit saying this is excluded with 038.9.
My question is, do you just not code the organism for the UTI?
So you code
038.9 unspecified septicemia
599.0 UTI
995.91 Sepsis
Now, if you want to put the organism for the UTI E. Coli 041.4, you get an edit saying this is excluded with 038.9.
My question is, do you just not code the organism for the UTI?