Emergency Surgery (concept): Difference between revisions

Revision as of 19:37, 12 December 2017

The concept of emergency surgery is used in two places:

If the patient was admitted from an OR or from Recovery AND
- your site uses the E1, E2, E3 scheme for surgery documentation:
  - use E1 as emergency surgery for APACHE II Admit Type and also for TISS Items 39
  - all other patients admitted from OR or RR, are considered to be elective surgery
- if your site does not use the E1, E2, E3 scheme in surgery documentation:
  - use your judgment and the General Diagnosis Coding Guidelines to decide if the surgery was emergent or elective
If the patient was admitted from anywhere other than Operating Room or Recovery code as Medical in Admit Type for APACHE II

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-The concept of emergency surgery is used in at least two places:
+The concept of emergency surgery is used in two places:
 * [[Admit Type for APACHE II]]
-* [[Emergency Surgery (TISS Item)]]
+* [[Emergency Surgery (TISS Item)]]-39
+== when to use '''Emergency Surgery''' ==
+* If the patient was admitted from an '''OR''' or from '''Recovery''' AND
+** your site uses the E1, E2, E3 scheme for surgery documentation:
+*** '''use E1''' as '''emergency surgery''' for [[Admit Type for APACHE II|APACHE II Admit Type]] and also for [[Emergency Surgery (TISS Item) | TISS Items 39]]
+*** all other patients admitted from OR or RR, are considered to be '''elective surgery'''
+** if your site does not use the E1, E2, E3 scheme in surgery documentation:
+*** ''use your judgment'' and the [[General Diagnosis Coding Guidelines]] to decide if the surgery was emergent or '''elective'''
+* If the patient was admitted from anywhere ''other'' than Operating Room or Recovery code as '''Medical''' in [[Admit Type for APACHE II]]
-{{discussion}}
-Right now they don't use identical definitions. Should they? If so we should break them out to this article and link here.
-* yes they should be same concept.
 [[Category:APACHE II]]
 [[Category:TISS28]]