The 93-year-old female patient is admitted with confusion, tachycardia, fever, and tachypnea.
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The 93-year-old female patient is admitted with confusion, tachycardia, fever, and tachypnea. The blood cultures were negative, but the physician documents the following final diagnoses: severe sepsis, septic shock, and respiratory failure. How would this encounter be coded?
Group of answer choices
A. A41.9, R65.21, J96.00
B. A41.89, R65.21, J96.00
C. A41.9, R65.21, J96.00, R41.0, R50.9, R00.0, R06.82
D. R65.21, J96.00
can anyone explain why did I find the code severe sepsis R65.21 is diagnosis same code as sepsis ? my answer I chosen was answer D.
the reference was from the assignment from herzing university MC210-8
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