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Developing Story: Updating Sepsis Terminology in ICD-10-CM

Monday, May 4, 2026
10-10:30 a.m. EST; 7-7:30 a.m. PST

SPECIAL GUEST
James S. Kennedy, MD

FEATURING
Matthew Albright; Knicole Emanuel, Esq.;
David Glaser, Esq.; Ronald Hirsch, MD, FACP, CHCQ

Documenting and coding sepsis has challenged virtually everyone in healthcare ever since Sepsis-3 redefined the condition in 2016 as a “life-threatening organ dysfunction due to a dysregulated host response to infection.”

Meanwhile, ICD-10-CM still maintains the older Sepsis-2 language of sepsis (SIRS/Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome due to infection, without organ dysfunction) and severe sepsis (sepsis that does result in organ dysfunction).

During the next live edition of Monitor Monday, Dr. James S. Kennedy will report on efforts currently underway to address the recent Centers for Disease Control and Protection (CDC) proposal to align ICD-10-CM to Sepsis-3/Phoenix terminology, and to introduce new codes for “impending sepsis,” also known as pre-sepsis: a morbid continuum between a localized infection with and without Sepsis-3/Phoenix-defined sepsis .

Dr. Kennedy is expected to solicit assistance from Monitor Mondays listeners toward a reasonable solution.

Broadcast segments will also include these instantly recognizable features:

• Monday Rounds: Ronald Hirsch, MD, vice president of R1 RCM, will be making his Monday Rounds.

• The RAC Report: Healthcare attorney Knicole Emanuel, partner at the law firm of Nelson Mullins, will report the latest news about auditors.

• Risky Business: Healthcare attorney David Glaser, shareholder in the law offices of Fredrikson & Byron, will join the broadcast with his trademark segment.

• Legislative Update: Matthew Albright, chief legislative affairs liaison for Zelis, will report on current healthcare legislation.

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