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Wiki Is this Sepsis?
- Thread starter NJcoder
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cheermom68
Expert
sepsis
This must be diagnosed by a physician.
LeeAnn
This must be diagnosed by a physician.
LeeAnn
mitchellde
True Blue
Yes it must be a physician diagnosis. Sepsis is a systemic disease due to an infection (SIRS due to an infection) (995.91 or 995.92) which are secondary only dx codes and must have the organism identified by the physician and then listed first.