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{{ICD10 coding guideline}}
This page explains how to code Hospital Acquired Pneumonia (HAP) in ICD10. Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) is a type of nosocomial pneumonia that is contracted by a '''non-ventilated''' patient after at least 48 hours of being admitted to a hospital.  
This page explains how to code Hospital Acquired Pneumonia (HAP) in ICD10. Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) is a type of nosocomial pneumonia that is contracted by a '''non-ventilated''' patient after at least 48 hours of being admitted to a hospital.  


== Coding instructions ==
== Coding instructions ==
* HAP is indicated by linking two separate ICD10 codes:  
* HAP is indicated by [[Combined ICD10 codes | combined coding]] three separate ICD10 codes:  
** (1) '''[[Iatrogenic, complication of medical or surgical care NOS]]''' ''PLUS''
** (1) '''[[Iatrogenic, complication of medical or surgical care NOS]]''' ''PLUS''
** (2) One of the codes for specific types of organisms:
** (2) One of the codes for specific types of organisms:
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***[[Pneumonia, viral]]
***[[Pneumonia, viral]]
***[[Pneumonia, NOS]]
***[[Pneumonia, NOS]]
''PLUS''
** (3) relevant [[Pathogens]], possibly [[Infectious organism, unknown]] or an NOS
* relevant [[Pathogens]], possibly [[Infectious organism, unknown]] or an NOS


== Additional Info ==
== Additional Info ==

Revision as of 16:03, 4 April 2018

This page contains an ICD10 Coding Guideline for ICD10 collection. See ICD10 coding guidelines for similar pages.

This page explains how to code Hospital Acquired Pneumonia (HAP) in ICD10. Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) is a type of nosocomial pneumonia that is contracted by a non-ventilated patient after at least 48 hours of being admitted to a hospital.

Coding instructions

Additional Info

  • If there is insufficient criteria for a Pneumonia, ventilator-associated (VAP) in ventilated patients with positive cultures, the patient may still have HAP.
  • Patients from Grace Nursing Home Ward - even though this is considered a nursing home type ward, for patients who acquire a pneumonia and meet the HAP criteria code HAP.

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