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

*VERY IMPORANT DISTICTION: A procedure that simply '''identified''' the presence of a problem should not be considered to have ''caused'' the problem, and so should not be put into this category.

*While causally-related procedures will ''usually'' be invasive procedures, they do not NEED to be -- e.g. if a person is admitted for expressly [[Isolation, infectious]], this could be in this bin.

*While causally-related procedures will ''usually'' be invasive procedures, they do not NEED to be -- e.g. if a person is admitted for expressly '''[[Isolation, infectious]]''', this could be in this bin.

*And on occasion, even a diagnostic procedure could be causative --- e.g. a contrast-enhanced X-ray where the contrast caused anaphylaxis that led to ICU admission. But this kind of example is the only kind of situation in which a non-invasive diagnostic procedure should be in this bin. So, things we count, such as CXRs and blood gases, would NOT be in this bin, unless somehow they actually ~~caused~~ a problem that led to admission (e.g. blood gas puncture injured the artery, leading to a huge bleed for which they went to ICU).

*And on occasion, even a diagnostic procedure could be causative --- e.g. a contrast-enhanced X-ray where the contrast caused anaphylaxis that led to ICU admission. But this kind of example is the only kind of situation in which a non-invasive diagnostic procedure should be in this bin. So, things we count, such as CXRs and blood gases, would NOT be in this bin, unless somehow they actually '''CAUSED''' a problem that led to admission (e.g. blood gas puncture injured the artery, leading to a huge bleed for which they went to ICU).

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 *It won't always be so clear if a procedure is related to the admission, and you may have to use your judgement.
 *VERY IMPORANT DISTICTION:  A procedure that simply '''identified''' the presence of a problem should not be considered to have ''caused'' the problem, and so should not be put into this category.
-*While causally-related procedures will ''usually'' be invasive procedures, they do not NEED to be -- e.g. if a person is admitted for expressly [[Isolation, infectious]], this could be in this bin.
+*While causally-related procedures will ''usually'' be invasive procedures, they do not NEED to be -- e.g. if a person is admitted for expressly '''[[Isolation, infectious]]''', this could be in this bin.
-*And on occasion, even a diagnostic procedure could be causative --- e.g. a contrast-enhanced X-ray where the contrast caused anaphylaxis that led to ICU admission.  But this kind of example is the only kind of situation in which a non-invasive diagnostic procedure should be in this bin.  So, things we count, such as CXRs and blood gases, would NOT be in this bin, unless somehow they actually caused a problem that led to admission (e.g. blood gas puncture injured the artery, leading to a huge bleed for which they went to ICU).
+*And on occasion, even a diagnostic procedure could be causative --- e.g. a contrast-enhanced X-ray where the contrast caused anaphylaxis that led to ICU admission.  But this kind of example is the only kind of situation in which a non-invasive diagnostic procedure should be in this bin.  So, things we count, such as CXRs and blood gases, would NOT be in this bin, unless somehow they actually '''CAUSED''' a problem that led to admission (e.g. blood gas puncture injured the artery, leading to a huge bleed for which they went to ICU).
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