Combined ICD10 codes: Difference between revisions
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**Example: Stabbed --> lots of internal organ injuries from the stabbing --> big blood loss ---> hemorrhagic shock --> cardiac arrest. | **Example: Stabbed --> lots of internal organ injuries from the stabbing --> big blood loss ---> hemorrhagic shock --> cardiac arrest. | ||
*If it is possible but not completely clear that the items are causally linked, then do NOT combine them. | *If it is possible but not completely clear that the items are causally linked, then do NOT combine them. | ||
*What about when A causes B in a causal way, but also causes C and D in causal ways that are NOT related to each other? | *What about when A causes B in a causal way, but also causes C and D in causal ways that are NOT related to each other, but all were present on admission? | ||
**Example: Chemotherapy --> N/V. But Chemo also caused drug-induced thrombocyotopenia. And Chemo also caused Skin rash. In this case we have the Chemo causing problems in 3 separate pathways. What we want you to do when there is more than one separate such pathway is to choose the single one of them that is "worst" (e.g. the thrombocytopenia) to combinewith the same priority as the Chemo, and the other pathways (i.e. N/V and Rash) are listed separately, with separate priority numbers. | **Example: Chemotherapy --> N/V. But Chemo also caused drug-induced thrombocyotopenia. And Chemo also caused Skin rash. In this case we have the Chemo causing problems in 3 separate pathways. What we want you to do when there is more than one separate such pathway is to choose the single one of them that is "worst" (e.g. the thrombocytopenia) to combinewith the same priority as the Chemo, and the other pathways (i.e. N/V and Rash) are listed separately, with separate priority numbers. | ||
Rash | Rash | ||