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== Additional Info == | == Additional Info == | ||
*This code supersedes the codes for bacterial, fungal and viral pneumonias. For example, if the patient qualifies for having a bacterial VAP, you code the VAP linked to the | *This code supersedes the codes for bacterial, fungal and viral pneumonias. For example, if the patient qualifies for having a bacterial VAP, you code the VAP linked to the [[Pathogens|pathogen]], and you do NOT have to code [[Pneumonia, bacterial]]. | ||
*Data collectors should '''follow criteria''' listed below regardless of what a physician writes in chart. If patient meets criteria VAP below, code as VAP. If patient does not meet all listed criteria, then '''do not code as VAP'''. It may qualify as a [[HAP]] or [[CAP]]. | *Data collectors should '''follow criteria''' listed below regardless of what a physician writes in chart. If patient meets criteria VAP below, code as VAP. If patient does not meet all listed criteria, then '''do not code as VAP'''. It may qualify as a [[HAP]] or [[CAP]]. | ||
*A new VAP that is identified first on a medicine ward must be attributed to the ICU that sent the patient. | *A new VAP that is identified first on a medicine ward must be attributed to the ICU that sent the patient. | ||