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== Instructions for coding these patients ==
== Instructions for coding these patients ==
[[Organ donor (organ/tissue donation by the donor)]]
[[Organ donor (organ/tissue donation by the donor)]]
=== Harvesting at same hospital ===


=== Harvesting at other hospital ===
=== Harvesting at same hospital (discharge to OR) ===
* [[Acquired Diagnosis]]:
{{DA | what actually, can't be [[Organ donor (organ/tissue donation by the donor)]] because that doesn't happen until after they leave us. }}
** [[Dx Date]]: {{DA | [[Dx Date]] - Under current rules that can't be after [[Dispo DtTm]].}}
* [[Dispo]]:
* [[Dispo DtTm]]:
 
=== Discharge to another site for harvesting ===
'''Sending site'''
* [[Acquired Diagnosis]]:
** [[Dx Date]]:
* [[Dispo]]:
* [[Dispo DtTm]]:
 
'''Receiving site'''
* [[Admit Diagnosis]]:
* [[Previous Location]]:
* [[Dispo]]: Hopefully the OR, or "Death - to morgue" if transplant doesn't work out
* [[Dispo DtTm]]:
{{DA |  
{{DA |  
* What date in the [[Acquired Diagnosis]] do you put for this code?  Do you use the date that they decide the pt will be an organ donor?  Or would you prefer the date the patient goes to the OR (which would be the same as the discharge date?  
* What date in the [[Acquired Diagnosis]] do you put for this code?  Do you use the date that they decide the pt will be an organ donor?  Or would you prefer the date the patient goes to the OR (which would be the same as the discharge date?  
** These patients go to a different ward after transplant, right? So we would likely not currently track the CCI for this. Maybe transplants are something we should track if they are at the end of stay. I'll flag this for Allan.  
** These patients go to a different ward after transplant, right? So we would likely not currently track the CCI for this. Maybe transplants are something we should track if they are at the end of stay. I'll flag this for Allan.  
***I am referring to an organ donor (not a transplant recipient). Most donors go to the morgue after donating their organs in the OR.  I am not asking about CCI, just the date for the acquire ICD10 code.  I am not sure who wrote the above comment.}}   
***I am referring to an organ donor (not a transplant recipient). Most donors go to the morgue after donating their organs in the OR.  I am not asking about CCI, just the date for the acquire ICD10 code.  I am not sure who wrote the above comment.}}   


We will not have a separate code for cadaver donations. Instead also code the following as appropriate
We will not have a separate code for cadaver donations. Instead also code the following as appropriate

Revision as of 14:03, 21 May 2019

This page explains how we code organ donation after death; it has it's own page because may concepts tie together around this and the information should only live in one place.

Background   

We usually encode death in Dispo; for patients with dx Brain death who are moved to a different location for Organ donor (organ/tissue donation by the donor) this means we lose either the info about their death or their new location. We needed a special case compromise to ensure this is dealt with consistently.

Instructions for coding these patients

Organ donor (organ/tissue donation by the donor)

Harvesting at same hospital (discharge to OR)

what actually, can't be Organ donor (organ/tissue donation by the donor) because that doesn't happen until after they leave us.

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  • Cargo


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Dx Date - Under current rules that can't be after Dispo DtTm.

  • SMW


  • Cargo


  • Categories

Discharge to another site for harvesting

Sending site

Receiving site

  • What date in the Acquired Diagnosis do you put for this code? Do you use the date that they decide the pt will be an organ donor? Or would you prefer the date the patient goes to the OR (which would be the same as the discharge date?
    • These patients go to a different ward after transplant, right? So we would likely not currently track the CCI for this. Maybe transplants are something we should track if they are at the end of stay. I'll flag this for Allan.
      • I am referring to an organ donor (not a transplant recipient). Most donors go to the morgue after donating their organs in the OR. I am not asking about CCI, just the date for the acquire ICD10 code. I am not sure who wrote the above comment.
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We will not have a separate code for cadaver donations. Instead also code the following as appropriate

  • After brain death: Brain death
  • Donation after Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) -- where a person who undergoes MAID has made arrangements in advance for organ harvesting after death.

We do not have a special code for:

  • Donation after cardiac death (DCD) -- where a donor who is not brain dead is dependent on life support and the family has decided to withdraw care. When the patient's heart stops beating, the organs are then recovered in the operating room.

Some organ donors have a bronchscopy done, but not all do, so don't automatically assume and code it. The only time it is done is if there are considering the lungs. This is according to a Respirologist from STB ICU.

Donation after Cardiac Death (DCD)

  • For a braindead donor, or a DCD (donation after cardiac death = almost dead in ICU but decision made to donate by taking patient or OR, removing life support until dead, then harvest organs) it almost always will be an acquired diagnosis. For those the date of that acquired diagnosis should be.... we still need to decide, see: Deceased patients.

How they are treated in linking

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Cross checks that are affected

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How reports are affected

  • LOS - dead people need to be excluded from LOS, but which LOS of the many? (sp exclude dead people) and Brain death (sp time used) in this.
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  • Bed occupancy; LOS will not include brain deads, but bed occ. would.
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