Recently cases with documentation of severe sepsis/septic shock “present on arrival”; “present on admission” have been generating questions on the correct way to abstract presentation time. Consider these scenarios: Patient arrives to the emergency room on 12/9/15 at 1503. The clinical indicators for severe sepsis are found with the last piece suggesting a presentation date/time of 12/9/15 at 1647. In the H&P the physician documents “Patient…
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One of the common errors when determining severe sepsis presentation occurs when a lab value is used as the last of the indicators. Remember, when using a lab value to determine the presentation time for severe sepsis, you must use the RESULT time, not the collection or order time. The other challenge related to lab results is the question of chronic conditions. In the current data…
