{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-205.541","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 205.541","heading":"Application of clinical criteria for sepsis.","body":"To encourage the early identification and treatment of sepsis, and for consistency with the\nICD-10 coding classification system utilized by the federal Centers for Medicare and\nMedicaid Services, the Department for Medicaid Services and any managed care\norganization with which the department contracts for the delivery of Medicaid services\nshall use and apply clinical criteria for sepsis that requires no more than:\n(1) A provider's diagnosis of sepsis and that a suspected or confirmed source of\ninfection is present; and\n(2) The presence of two (2) or more symptoms indicating inflammatory response\nsyndrome which may include elevated values of the patient's body temperature,\nheart rate, white blood count, or respiratory rate.","path":["KRS Chapter 205"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=55074","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:03Z","sha256":"9ea65aa566eb13e22946fd1855460727126d939d8b2444284fafc5ab4079d15d","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-205.540","next":"us-ky/krs-205.550"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}