VAP - Ventilator Associated Pneumonia: Difference between revisions

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When a VAP appears in the admission code slots, Julie tracks back to where patient came from and makes sure that the ICU prior to the transfer, coded the VAP in their complications, if not, you will get a query to audit the diagnosis.

== ~~NOTES~~ ==

== VAP acquired in ICU then transferred to Ward==

* If a patient has a '''VAP''' in the '''ICU''' and is then transferred to the '''ward''', should the ward code the VAP in the admit diagnosis also? I had been talking to the medicine data collectors about this issue and they said they were told not to code it as a VAP but as a HAP.

**that is not correct~~[[User:TOstryzniuk|TOstryzniuk]] 19:03, 16 December 2008 (CST)~~

**that is not correct.

**''When a VAP that had been acquired in ICU is not resolved when a patient is transferred to a Medicine ward, and it is still being treated on the Medicine ward then VAP '''should be''' an '''admitting diagnosis''' code. If VAP was '''resolved''' in the ICU before the patient was sent to the ward, then don't include in your diagnosis codes.''

**''When a VAP that had been acquired in ICU is not resolved when a patient is transferred to a Medicine ward, and it is still being treated on the Medicine ward then VAP '''should be''' an '''admitting diagnosis''' code. If VAP was '''resolved''' in the ICU before the patient was sent to the ward, then don't include in your diagnosis codes.''[[User:TOstryzniuk|TOstryzniuk]] 19:03, 16 December 2008 (CST)

==Question: Arrived w community acquired pneumonia and develops VAP==

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 When a VAP appears in the admission code slots, Julie tracks back to where patient came from and makes sure that the ICU prior to the transfer, coded the VAP in their complications, if not, you will get a query to audit the diagnosis.
-== NOTES ==
+== VAP acquired in ICU then transferred to Ward==
 * If a patient has a '''VAP''' in the '''ICU''' and is then transferred to the '''ward''', should the ward code the VAP in the admit diagnosis also? I had been talking to the medicine data collectors about this issue and they said they were told not to code it as a VAP but as a HAP.
-**that is not correct[[User:TOstryzniuk|TOstryzniuk]] 19:03, 16 December 2008 (CST)
+**that is not correct.
-**''When a VAP that had been acquired in ICU is not resolved when a patient is transferred to a Medicine ward, and it is still being treated on the Medicine ward then VAP '''should be''' an '''admitting diagnosis''' code.  If VAP was '''resolved''' in the ICU before the patient was sent to the ward, then don't include in your diagnosis codes.''
+**''When a VAP that had been acquired in ICU is not resolved when a patient is transferred to a Medicine ward, and it is still being treated on the Medicine ward then VAP '''should be''' an '''admitting diagnosis''' code.  If VAP was '''resolved''' in the ICU before the patient was sent to the ward, then don't include in your diagnosis codes.''[[User:TOstryzniuk|TOstryzniuk]] 19:03, 16 December 2008 (CST)
 ==Question: Arrived w community acquired pneumonia and develops VAP==