Admit Procedure

This page explains when a CCI Procedure that is part of CCI Collection would be coded with Px Type Admit. The other option for type is Acquired Procedure.

Collection Instructions

• Code a procedure as Px_Type admit if it was:
  • (a) Performed within 24 hrs BEFORE the Arrive DtTm AND
  • (b) Was causally related to the admission -- this is a judgement call, see the examples below
• Note: This is ONLY procedures that are CAUSAL, not just used to make the diagnosis. For example, a CXR would not cause a pneumonia so it would not be included here. If a scope was done in the previous 24 hours and a perforation occurs from this procedure, then you would include the scope if the pt came to the ICU with a perforation.--LKolesar 13:10, 2018 August 28 (CDT)

Causally related

It won't always be so clear if a procedure is related to the admission, and you may have to use your judgement.

example of causally related procedures

If a patient on the From ward/unit gets a bedside debridement, during which he/she begins to hemorrhage profusely and is then transferred to the To acute ward/unit because of that hemorrhage, then code that procedure, as Px_Type = Admit. Even diagnostic procedures can be causally related to an admission, if a complication occurred: a contrast CT that led to contrast-induced anaphylaxis that was the reason for admission a diagnostic upper endoscopy that caused an esophageal perforation that was the reason for admission.

example of procedure not causally related

If a patient on the From ward/unit gets a bedside debridement which went well, and 10 minutes later develops respiratory distress and goes to a more acute To ward/unit because of that respiratory distress, then do not code that debridement at all for the To acute ward/unit because it does not seem to be related to the admission to the To ward/unit.

One might think of a diagnostic procedure as "causing" an admission by helping confirm a diagnosis, i.e. the px doesn't cause the patient to need admission, but it causes the physician to know the patient needs admission. Should those be coded as admit px then? Ttenbergen 19:47, 2018 August 6 (CDT)

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Is this "causally related" only applies to admit procedure? For acquired procedures, if patient was admitted with pneumonia, and they do follow up CXR, do we code that CXR as acquired or no? --Malcudia 10:43, 2018 August 31 (CDT)

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• Yes, this rule only applies to Admit procedures that is why it is put in the admit procedure article. We need to have all acquired tests as we are going to be using this instead of the old count method to get the lab counts. Acquired procedures put in CCI are very important in the new way of coding because we no longer put procedures with the diagnostic codes.--LKolesar 11:05, 2018 August 31 (CDT) (Allison, please delete your question if you feel it is sufficiently answered).

Moved patients

A procedure might be coded as an acquired on one ward and an admit on the next - the same as above applies.

example of procedures for moved patient

Example: On Medicine ward patient got bedside debridement (so of course that procedure would be coded for that ward) and then began to hemorrhage which led to ICU transfer. In this case the debridement was closely associated with the admission to ICU and so would be coded as an "admit" procedure for the ICU record. Example: On the other hand, if the ward patient got a bedside skin biopsy shortly before transfer to ICU, and the ICU transfer had nothing to do with the skin biopsy, then you would NOT record the biopsy in the ICU record.

Why within 24 hrs?

This was an arbitrary decision because we needed a cut-off.