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*Acute tracheostomy - has been place for '''less than 48 hours''' by admission | *Acute tracheostomy - has been place for '''less than 48 hours''' by admission | ||
*Chronic tracheostomy - has been in place for '''48 hours or more''' by admission | *Chronic tracheostomy - has been in place for '''48 hours or more''' by admission | ||
**We can put unlimited amounts of DX codes now. So if '''Chronic trach''' (one that has already been in place for more than 48 hrs) is present at admission, it should be part of the admit DX's one of the LAST | **We can put unlimited amounts of DX codes now. So if '''Chronic trach''' (one that has already been in place for more than 48 hrs) is present at admission, it should be part of the admit DX's one of the LAST ones. Including the DX code of a chronic trach in ADMIT DX slot is applicable for both Medicine and ICU. - Trish Ostryzniuk 17:34, 2015 May 20 (CDT) | ||
== Tracheostomy Site Infection == | == Tracheostomy Site Infection == | ||