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'''Acquired Diagnoses''', also referred to as '''complications''', are ''the most significant'' problems, surgical procedures or diagnostic procedures that happen to a patient '''AFTER''' unit admission. | '''Acquired Diagnoses''', also referred to as '''complications''', are ''the most significant'' problems, surgical procedures or diagnostic procedures that happen to a patient '''AFTER''' unit admission. | ||
**Question: If a procedure is done in ER after the pt has been accepted to medicine (admit time), do we put the procedure as an admit code or a complication?--[[User:LKolesar|LKolesar]] 10:26, 2014 October 23 (CDT) | **Question: If a procedure is done in ER after the pt has been accepted to medicine (admit time), do we put the procedure as an admit code or a complication?--[[User:LKolesar|LKolesar]] 10:26, 2014 October 23 (CDT) | ||
** For 10 years I have put the procedures that pt had prior to arrival to the unit in the admit code.I have done it this way even if they were accepted to medicine or ICU-[[User:GHall|GHall]] 17:36, 2014 October 24 (CDT) | |||
Acquired diagnoses are coded "in order of occurrence" on a ward/unit. | Acquired diagnoses are coded "in order of occurrence" on a ward/unit. | ||