Name	Value
OCCURRENCE CATEGORY	ENDOCARDITIS
DESCRIPTION	Definition Revised (2004): Indicate if the chart documents that active endocarditis was present within 30 days postoperatively. Endocarditis is defined as any postoperative intracardiac infection (usually on a valve) documented by two or more positive blood cultures with the same organism, and/or development of vegetations and valve destruction seen by echo or repeat surgery, and/or histologic evidence of infection at repeat surgery or autopsy. Patients with preoperative endocarditis who have the above evidence of persistent infection should be included.

Name

Value

OCCURRENCE CATEGORY

ENDOCARDITIS

DESCRIPTION

Definition Revised (2004):
Indicate if the chart documents that active endocarditis was present 
within 30 days postoperatively. Endocarditis is defined as any 
postoperative intracardiac infection (usually on a valve) documented 
by two or more positive blood cultures with the same organism, and/or 
development of vegetations and valve destruction seen by echo or 
repeat surgery, and/or histologic evidence of infection at repeat 
surgery or autopsy. Patients with preoperative endocarditis who have 
the above evidence of persistent infection should be included.

ENDOCARDITIS (23) PERIOPERATIVE OCCURRENCE CATEGORY (136.5)