Prepared by IPRO HQIC
This session will highlight best practices and examples to:
- Consider approaches to evaluate the quality of sepsis data being reported to CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) and CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).
- Identify common coding challenges that lead to under and overreporting of sepsis.
- Apply sepsis coding knowledge to make suggestions to hospital quality improvement staff to improve the coding of sepsis.