Hospital-Acquired Complications (HACs) List - Specifications - Version 3.1 (12th edn)
The HACs are identified using a combination of ICD-10-AM codes to identify the diagnosis and the condition onset flag (METeOR identifier: 354816) to indicate that the diagnosis occurred during the episode of admitted patient care.
Some HACs also require other codes to define the complication such as procedure and external cause codes.
Current Specification - Hospital-Acquired Complications (HACs) List - Version 3.1 (12th edition)
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2019
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