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*Code a procedure as '''admit''' if it was: | *Code a procedure as '''admit''' if it was: | ||
**(a) Performed '''within 24 hrs''' BEFORE the [[Arrive DtTm]] '''AND''' | **(a) Performed '''within 24 hrs''' BEFORE the [[Arrive DtTm]] '''AND''' | ||
**(b) Directly related to the admission | **(b) Directly related to the admission -- this is a judgement call, see the 2 examples below | ||
**(c) | **(c) Not a procedure that is part of a "Bigger" procedure already coded -- e.g. in the course of many or most CABG surgeries, there is placement of chest tubes, pacer wires, and vein harvest, but do NOT code those procedures separately, since they are "included" in the CABG code. | ||
*'''"Related to the admission"''' can be less clear. | *'''"Related to the admission"''' can be less clear. | ||