Sepsis, cytokine release syndrome and COVID-19

With special guest Cesar Limjoco, MD, the chief medical officer of T-Medicus LLC, and co-host Laurie L. Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC, the CDI education director for ACDIS/HCPro in Middleton, Massachusetts.

Resources mentioned during the show:

• “Secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and severe sepsis/system inflammatory response syndrome/multiorgan dysfunction syndrome/macrophage activation syndrome shar common intermediate phenotypes on a spectrum of inflammation,” from Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, volume 10, issue 3
• Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting supplement regarding COVID-19 coding
• Dr. Limjoco’s article on mitigating COVID-19 documentation confusion
• Dr. Limjoco’s article on hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

ACDIS update links:

• Note from ACDIS: Open note to the CDI community—how can we help you?