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The Alabama Department of Public Health has developed specifications and related information for submission of incident data to Alabama ePCR. FIREHOUSE Software has installable components and instructions necessary to meet the state guidelines. (Last updated 6/1/08)

The Alabama Department of Public Health is not accepting the following EMS Patient Procedure codes. If these codes are available in your FIREHOUSE Software Procedure Codes Lookup table, we highly recommend marking these codes as ‘Hidden’. To hide each item, highlight the code and select ‘Edit’. Check the box for ‘Hide this Code’ and press ‘OK’. Repeat the process for each code listed below:

• 31.11 Airway-Needle Cricothyrotomy
• 31.12 Airway-Surgical Cricothyrotomy
• 34.042 Chest Tube Placement
• 37.611 Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump
• 38.91 Arterial Access/Blood Draw
• 57.94 Urinary Catheterization
• 86.28 Decontamination
• 89.59 Orthostatic Blood Pressure Measurement
• 89.61 Arterial Line Maintenance
• 89.7 Assessment-Adult
• 89.701 Assessment-Pediatric
• 89.702 Pain Measurement
• 96.03 Airway-EOA/EGTA
• 96.04 Airway-Orotracheal Intubation
• 96.701 Airway-Ventilator with PEEP
• 96.79 Airway-PEEP
• 99.626 Cardiac Pacing-Transvenous