Infection
Think sepsis, write sepsis, code sepsis - patient characteristics associated with sepsis (under-)coding in administrative health data.
Daniel Thomas-Rüddel, Norman Rose, Carolin Fleischmann-Struzek, Konrad Reinhart, Beate Boden, Heike Dorow, Andreas Edel, Falk A Gonnert, Jürgen Götz, Matthias Gründling, Markus Heim, Kirill Holbeck, Ulrich Jaschinski, Christian Koch, Christian Künzer
Published: 202510.1007/s15010-025-02685-8
Abstract
PURPOSE: Sepsis is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, yet its documentation and coding in administrative health data remain unreliable. Accurate coding is essential for epidemiological surveillance, quality assurance, and reimbursement. This…
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