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Jan 9th, 2013 - ens5 3 

ICD-9 code septic cholangitis

Good afternoon, What is the correct ICD-9 coding for septic cholangitis? This is an ED encounter. Is the MD telling me the pt has sepsis? The pt has fever, bandemia, tachycardia. hypotension. (Urosepsis is coded to 599.0.) I find sepsis coding confusing. Thank you

Jan 9th, 2013 - ch76606 123 

re: ICD-9 code septic cholangitis

Look at 785.52 and 995.92.



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