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If an ICU nurse goes with a patient to '''HSC or STB''' for an angio/plasty and the patient '''does return''' to your ICU then code the angio as an acquired. | If an ICU nurse goes with a patient to '''HSC or STB''' for an angio/plasty and the patient '''does return''' to your ICU then code the angio as an acquired. | ||
If a patients goes to another center for a procedure and returns to your ICU after being away for some time, you must check with that centers data collector if indeed the patient was admitted to the ICU prior to or after their procedure. | If a patients goes to another center for a procedure and returns to your ICU after being away for some time, you must check with that centers data collector if indeed the patient was admitted to the ICU prior to or after their procedure. | ||
== Failed Angio == | == Failed Angio == | ||
Code 76401 - Failed (dissect./rupture fem art) for any failed angio, e.g. when pt comes back from an angioplasty and the doc states it has failed and was unsuccessful in opening the vessel. The code is not limited to the complications listed as examples. | Code 76401 - Failed (dissect./rupture fem art) for any failed angio, e.g. when pt comes back from an angioplasty and the doc states it has failed and was unsuccessful in opening the vessel. The code is not limited to the complications listed as examples. | ||
[[Category:Angiogram | [[Category:Angiogram (old)]] | ||