Home Health Care News October 3, 2024
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) added a new diagnostic code to their annual update of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) list. The new code, z512A, supports providers in hospitals and health facilities by alerting home care clinicians and other post-acute care providers when a patient is being discharged to aftercare following hospitalization for sepsis.
The need for a new ICD-10 code for sepsis survivors was spurred by findings from a VNS Health study showing that sepsis was noted in admission assessments only 7% of the time. This caused researchers to question whether home health providers were aware that a patient had been diagnosed with sepsis. The study also identified the risk factors associated with early readmission...
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