Figure 4.

Percentage of Medicare fee-for-service inpatient (IP) admissions associated with a sepsis code. Dual beneficiaries have a sepsis code assigned to an IP admission more than twice as frequently as non–dual beneficiaries. Furthermore, the likelihood of a sepsis code assignment is rising faster in the dual beneficiary population. Dual beneficiaries: open circles, International Classification of Diseases, 9th Edition (ICD-9); open squares, International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition (ICD-10); filled squares, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services core measure (SEP-1). Non–dual beneficiaries: open triangles, ICD-9; open diamonds, ICD-10; filled diamonds, SEP-1.