Influenza virus
- all types
- include Swine Flu H1N1 suspected or confirmed under subcode 75 Influenza virus -June 1.09 as per Dr. Anand Kumar.
- if suspected and is being treated:
- in tmp file, tag as H1N1 suspected with Date
- if suspected and is being treated:
- AND
- code DX as CAP with subccode 75 influenza virus
- See H1N1 for updated information.
Note
- We won't add a new code for swine flu. We already have a subcode in the pathogen list: use subcode (#75) influenza virus, this is good enough. We get few enough cases that if we want to review, we can just look at more closely during the period that swine flu hit....within a few years, it’ll just be another influenza case --Dr. Anand Kumar,
June 1.09
- What are we supposed to do with the CAP cases that are presumed to be H1N1 (Swine flu) but are discharged or die prior to notification from Cadham lab that they are indeed positive for the virus? The information won't be on KEA. Please advise as I have 2 cases and 1 patient has left the hospital without confirmation yet from the lab.I think if we are treating them for flu virus we should code it even if the results aren't in. Then if those charts need review they could be pulled.
- see instruction above.
- What are we supposed to do with the CAP cases that are presumed to be H1N1 (Swine flu) but are discharged or die prior to notification from Cadham lab that they are indeed positive for the virus? The information won't be on KEA. Please advise as I have 2 cases and 1 patient has left the hospital without confirmation yet from the lab.I think if we are treating them for flu virus we should code it even if the results aren't in. Then if those charts need review they could be pulled.
June 9.09
- See H1N1. We will start tagging patient in tmp.TOstryzniuk 21:13, 10 June 2009 (CDT)