Start Date
5-15-2025 9:30 AM
End Date
5-15-2025 11:30 AM
Description
Introduction
- Hospital-acquired sepsis (HAS) is a preventable cause of morbidity and mortality for hospitalized patients and is associated with greater cost and resource utilization compared to non-HAS.
- International Statistical Classification of Disease (ICD) coding system is used to identify HAS.
- Patients assigned HAS by ICD coding are presumed to have a nosocomial infection.
- Errors by ICD coding may cause misclassification of HAS cases.
- Unclear whether misclassified HAS have different outcomes than actual HAS
Keywords
sepsis, hospital-acquired sepsis, International Statistical Classification of Disease (ICD) coding system, quality improvement, health equity
Included in
May 15th, 9:30 AM
May 15th, 11:30 AM
Are Hospital-Acquired Sepsis Cases Over-Reported Due to How Sepsis is Coded in Electronic Health Records?
Introduction
- Hospital-acquired sepsis (HAS) is a preventable cause of morbidity and mortality for hospitalized patients and is associated with greater cost and resource utilization compared to non-HAS.
- International Statistical Classification of Disease (ICD) coding system is used to identify HAS.
- Patients assigned HAS by ICD coding are presumed to have a nosocomial infection.
- Errors by ICD coding may cause misclassification of HAS cases.
- Unclear whether misclassified HAS have different outcomes than actual HAS
Comments
Presented at the 2025 Jefferson Health Equity and Quality Improvement (HEQI) Summit.