Guideline for coding organ donation after death: Difference between revisions
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* [[Previous Location]]: the previous ICU | * [[Previous Location]]: the previous ICU | ||
* [[Dispo]]: Hopefully "Died - to OR", or "Died - to morgue" if transplant doesn't work out | * [[Dispo]]: Hopefully "Died - to OR", or "Died - to morgue" if transplant doesn't work out | ||
{{Discuss|I have a patient that was transferred from another ICU, already declared braindead, to be worked up as an organ donor. As part of the workup, they did a CT which showed aspiration pneumonitis and pulmonary emboli. This patient did not end up being a suitable donor. Should I be coding the aspiration pneumonitis and pulmonary emboli as admit codes (they presumably were already present on admission, and discovered with the transplant workup)? My original admit codes were purely "braindeath" and "organ donor"-I wasn't intending on adding the cardiac arrest/anoxic brain injury codes, because those were already coded during the previous ICU profile. Any thoughts on how to code this would be appreciated...[[User:Mlagadi|Mlagadi]] 14:06, 2022 September 28 (CDT)}} | |||
=== Donation after Cardiac Death (DCD) === | === Donation after Cardiac Death (DCD) === | ||