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== Additional Info ==
== Additional Info ==
*As of 2019, the way that the microbiology laboratory indicates that an enterococcus is VRE (resistant to vancomycin) is a comment that "VRE is isolated".
This code is about resistance to [[Vancomycin]]. We also collect administration of [[Vancomycin]] as part of our [[Pharmacy Collection]].
{{ICD10 nonstandard code
 
| exception_type = CA
As of 2019, the way that the microbiology laboratory indicates that an enterococcus is VRE (resistant to [[vancomycin]]) is a comment that "VRE is isolated".
| explanation = Antimicrobial resistance is not coded in standard ICD10.
 
}}
Includes: Vancomycin resistant [[Enterococcus species]] (VRE) ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancomycin-resistant_Enterococcus)
Includes: Vancomycin resistant [[Enterococcus species]] (VRE) ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancomycin-resistant_Enterococcus)
=== Related to other data we collect ===
This has nothing to do with [[vanco alternatives]] from a perspective of lists or cross-checks, since the drugs in [[vanco alternatives]] are unrelated drugs.


== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition ==
== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition ==