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Wiki Sepsis Coding as Principal

Thread starter johncarlobelleza
Start date May 14, 2017
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johncarlobelleza

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May 14, 2017

Hi. I am wondering if anyone can explain the flow of coding when it comes to sepsis cases. I want to know on what situations will the sepsis codes A40.0 - A41.9 be coded as principal? We are having doubts on whether these codes will be accepted as principal codes by different payers. Thank you.

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