| DESCRIPTION |
This file contains Utilization Review information about appropriateness
Per VHA Directive 10-93-142, this file definition should not be modified.
of admission and continued stay in an acute medical setting. It uses
the Interqual criteria for appropriateness. An entry for each day of
care for cases being tracked is required by the QM office in VACO. The
information in this file will be rolled up into a national data base.
Only reviews that have a status of COMPLETE should be rolled up.
The information in this file is clinical in nature and should be treated
with the same confidentiality as required of all clinical data.
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