Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in ICD10
- This is NOT a specific ICD10 diagnosis code. Instead, a pneumonia code is a CAP if it doesn't meet the criteria for either a HAP or VAP.
- (2) One of the codes for specific types of bacteria:
- 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.
- If there is insufficient criteria for a VAP in ventilated patients with positive cultures, the patient may still have HAP.
- Patients from HSC Nursing Home Ward-NH RR2 and Grace Nursing Home Ward-NG - even though this is considered a nursing home type ward, patients who acquire a pneumonia and meet the HAP criteria will be called HAP.