Wednesday, September 19, 2012

HAC List



List of Inpatient Hospital Acquired Conditions (HAC)-Coding

The categories of HACs include:

1.      Foreign Object Retained After Surgery

2.      Air Embolism

3.      Blood Incompatibility

4.      Stage III and IV Pressure Ulcers

5.      Falls and Trauma

6.      Fractures
- Dislocations
- Intracranial Injuries
- Crushing Injuries
- Burns
- Electric Shock

7.      Manifestations of Poor Glycemic Control
- Diabetic Ketoacidosis
- Nonketotic Hyperosmolar Coma
- Hypoglycemic Coma
- Secondary Diabetes with Ketoacidosis
- Secondary Diabetes with Hyperosmolarity

8.      Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)

9.      Vascular Catheter-Associated Infection

10. Surgical Site Infection Following:
- Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) – Mediastinitis
- Bariatric Surgery

·         Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass
·         Gastroenterostomy
·         Laparoscopic Gastric Restrictive Surgery

11. Orthopedic Procedures
- Spine
- Neck
- Shoulder
- Elbow

12. Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)/Pulmonary Embolism (PE)
- Total Knee Replacement
- Hip Replacement