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{{DX tag | Palliative Care -'''''update pending''''' PALLIATIVE CARE | 904-00 | '''Critical Care and/or Medicine''' | Currently Collected }}
See [[Palliative care]].
'''[[Palliative care]]''' is care including pain and symptom management, social, psychological, cultural, emotional and spiritual support as well as caregiver and bereavement support that is given to a person with progressive, advanced, or chronic disease with little or no prospect of cure whose death is apparent however is not immediately imminent. ([http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hcs-sss/palliat/index_e.html Health Canada website])
Palliative care might be provided even if [[DC Treatment|disease treatment has been discontinued]] in an ICU patient.


== Current obstacles to consistent coding practices for Pallitive Care==
{{PreICD10 dx | NewDxArticle = Palliative care}}
Current collection problems with Palliative care code:


●Some collectors code palliative care when status is coded as ACP1.(VIC).Others are saying that ACP information at their site is not in the chart, others coding palliative when they see ACP 1 or 2is documented in the chart, others are coding palliative care only when physician writes to word palliative care in notes/orders or fills out a form for palliative care consult.  The debate is that it is not a Dr’s decision but the patient and families..........
{{DX tag | Other Medical | Medical Problem | Palliative Service | | 90400 | | |'''Critical Care and/or Medicine''' | Currently Collected | |}}


●Hospitals in the city, not all sites seem to document Advance Care Plan (ACP)status on admission? Is this correct? (thought this was a regional requirement for every admission?)
A [[palliative patient]] will have a "diagnosis" of Palliative Service if the patient is either under the care of Palliative Service Team or that this Service has been consulted. We code '''Palliative Service''' as a diagnosis because we did not have a reasonable alternative way to code it when we started to collect it.


●Collectors suggest it would be better collect the ACP status instead, though I am told this could change with every new admission to hospital ?
See [[Comfort Care]] for collection instructions on that care goal. 


●collectors want to know the purpose of collecting that status of “palliative care” and how this information is being used.
== Coding Instruction for Palliative Care Service==
Palliative Service code should only be used as follows:


●Issue of same patient with multiple admissions back to hospital once being deemed "palliative care".  Subsequent admission not alway documenting that patient has been deemed palliative care previously.  Example pt with end stage heart disease, palliative care 2003, frequent admission (14) for CHF, CP and other reversible problems, but no mention of palliative care in Dx codes until 2007.
*ADMIT slots:
**only if the patient is either under the care of Palliative Service Team or that this Service has been consulted, ''even if the patient was not accepted to that service''


●What is a reasonable time line for ''"immediately imminent"'' vs. not immediately imminent?  (example; patients DC TX in ICU, did not die immediately, not until 1-2 weeks after ward admission.  Should ward call this DC TX or palliative or both?
*COMPLICATION slots: 
[[Category: Trish Pending]]
**only if there is an actual '''consultation''' for Palliative Services '''''after''''' ward admission ''even if the patient was not accepted to that service''


== When to code Palliative Care (update pending[[User:TOstryzniuk|TOstryzniuk]] 15:59, 25 June 2008 (CDT)) ==
== Related data ==
The diagnosis '''Palliative care''' should be coded for patients where all of the following are true:
The diagnosis code Palliative Service is related to, '''but not the same as''' a patient having [[ACP-C]] or [[Comfort Care]] orders, but you might be able to code [[Comfort Care]] in that circumstance.
* Patient either on Medicine ward or in ICU
* care is given to a person with progressive, advanced underlying disease with little or no prospect of cure
* death is apparent however is not immediately imminent


NOTE: Trish is looking at this definition. I will add more detail and will review with Roberts.
==See also==
Need to inlclude a purpose as to why we are tagging these patients.
[[:Category:End-of-life related data]]
[[User:TOstryzniuk|TOstryzniuk]] 17:27, 24 June 2008 (CDT)


[[Category:Trish Pending]]
== Legacy info ==
see [[palliative patient]]


== When '''not''' to code Palliative Care ==
For our purposes and the way we analyze the data, a patient whose death is '''immediately imminent''' should '''not''' be coded as Palliative care, but might be coded as [[DC Treatment]] if appropriate.


== Further info required to un-stub ==
[[Category:End-of-life related data]]
* Incorporated Laura's definition from Health Canada. However, will we code if only some of the aspects of palliative care (e.g. pain mgmt, but not emotional support) are provided? In the end, this is a coding guide, and the above makes is less clear when to code. The "when to code..." section should be updated to clarify which parts of definition are mandatory, or how to gather from chart. I suppose the main information is that the focus of care is for comfort rather than active treatment.  LKolesar
 
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== Discussion ==
* I have a ? about pall care vs dc treatment
Pts are transfered to D5 from the icus to die  I put in my 1st admit pall care and I add d/c treatment, does icu put pall care in acquired as well as d/c treatment  or do I put in my 1st admit the cause of their demise with d/c treatment. How do you wish these cases to be coded. (Pat Stein)
 
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[[Category:Diagnosis Coding]]
[[Category:Trish Pending]]
[[Category:Questions]]

Latest revision as of 17:27, 11 June 2025

See Palliative care.



Legacy Content

This page is about the pre-ICD10 diagnosis coding schema. See the ICD10 Diagnosis List, or the following for similar diagnoses in ICD10:Palliative care

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Category/Organ
System:
Category: Other Medical (old)

Type:

Category: Medical Problem (old)

Main Diagnosis: Palliative Service
Sub Diagnosis:
Diagnosis Code: 90400
Comorbid Diagnosis:
Charlson Comorbid coding (pre ICD10):
Program: Critical Care and/or Medicine
Status: Currently Collected


A palliative patient will have a "diagnosis" of Palliative Service if the patient is either under the care of Palliative Service Team or that this Service has been consulted. We code Palliative Service as a diagnosis because we did not have a reasonable alternative way to code it when we started to collect it.

See Comfort Care for collection instructions on that care goal.

Coding Instruction for Palliative Care Service

Palliative Service code should only be used as follows:

  • ADMIT slots:
    • only if the patient is either under the care of Palliative Service Team or that this Service has been consulted, even if the patient was not accepted to that service
  • COMPLICATION slots:
    • only if there is an actual consultation for Palliative Services after ward admission even if the patient was not accepted to that service

Related data

The diagnosis code Palliative Service is related to, but not the same as a patient having ACP-C or Comfort Care orders, but you might be able to code Comfort Care in that circumstance.

See also

Category:End-of-life related data

Legacy info

see palliative patient