Table 1 Criteria for identifying health-care associated infections
From: The association between nurse staffing and hospital outcomes in injured patients
Infection Type | ICD-9-CM Discharge Diagnosis Codes |
|---|---|
Sepsis | 038-038.9, 112.5, 112.81, 785.52, 995.91, 995.92 |
Pneumonia | 482.0-482.2, 482.4-482.9 |
Staphylococcus | 730.0-730.09, 711–711.09, 038.11, 041.11, 482.41, V09.0, V09.8, 008.41, 038.1, 790.7, 996.62, 421.0, 996.61, 998.3, 998.5 |
Clostridium difficile | 008.45 |