Documentation and Coding for Patient Safety Indicators

Sep 15, 2000 · If there is documentation of infection, choose central venous catheter, infection, which assigns code 999.31 (UHC Documentation Guide, Central Venous Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections) CV-CRBIs or tunneled catheters that are infected at admission should be coded as present on admission (Romano, 2010). ................
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