Welcome to the August 2022 Edition of Sepsis Chatter! Our newest video presentation is titled: Sepsis Chatter – Broad Spectrum or Other Antibiotic Administration: Abstracting The Correct Date And Time. This presentation begins with a review of the current CMS abstraction guidance related to Broad Spectrum and Other Antibiotic Administration. The discussion will focus on the following situations: One antibiotic administered within the specified time frame…

Welcome to the July 2022 Edition of Sepsis Chatter! Our newest video presentation is titled: Sepsis Chatter- Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Exclusions: COVID-19, Administrative Contraindication to Care, Directive for Comfort Care, and Palliative Care. This presentation begins with a review of the current CMS abstraction guidance to determine if an encounter is excluded due to one of the following scenarios: Documentation that Covid-19 is diagnosed…

Welcome to the June 2022 Edition of Sepsis Chatter! Our newest video presentation is titled: “Severe Sepsis, Septic Shock and Infection: Abstracting the Earliest Documented Time from One Provider Note”  This presentation begins with a review of determining when severe sepsis is present using provider documentation only and severe sepsis present met by clinical criteria. In addition, we will review the four common challenges related to…

Our newest video for the May 2022 edition of Sepsis Chatter is titled: “Sepsis Chatter- Initial Lactate Collection & Results and Repeat Lactate Collection”. This presentation begins with an overview of the rationale for collecting lactate levels in patients with sepsis, severe sepsis, and septic shock. Next we will focus on our three topics of interest individually: Initial Lactate Collection, Lactate Results, and Repeat Lactate Collection….