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**To decide, clarify the '''intent of care at admission'''. | **To decide, clarify the '''intent of care at admission'''. | ||
**If the initial intent ON ADMISSION was to try for cure and prolonging life, but this was changed to primarily symptom control later on the day of admission, then the appropriate [[Dx Type]] for this diagnosis is After Admission. | **If the initial intent ON ADMISSION was to try for cure and prolonging life, but this was changed to primarily symptom control later on the day of admission, then the appropriate [[Dx Type]] for this diagnosis is After Admission. | ||
**If the initial intent ON ADMISSION was '''not''' to try for cure or prolonging life, but primarily symptom control, then the appropriate [[Dx Type]] is | **If the initial intent ON ADMISSION was '''not''' to try for cure or prolonging life, but primarily symptom control, then the appropriate [[Dx Type]] is [[Admit Diagnosis]] -- even if it took some hours after admission to get the symptom control going. Code other relevant diagnoses and procedures with a priority lower than [[Palliative care]] | ||
== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == | == Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == | ||