The impact of changes in coding on mortality reports using the example of sepsis

Table 3 Prevalence of comorbidities in patients with a primary diagnosis of septicaemia

Prevalence of comorbidity	Effect of comorbidity on mortality		Total
Prevalence of comorbidity	Increased	Decreased	Total
Increased	53^a	31^b	84
Unchanged	9	6	15
Decreased	20^b	7^a	27
Total	82	44

Change in prevalence of comorbidities in patients with a primary diagnosis of septicaemia, comparing April 2016–March 2017 to April 2017–March 2018
^aChange may worsen mortality rate
^bChange may benefit mortality rate

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