Template:ICD10 Guideline Como vs Admit: Difference between revisions

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*Rule#2: The group of diagnoses that represent "past history" (e.g. [[Past history, loss of limb(s)]] are also guided by Rule#1.
*Rule#2: The group of diagnoses that represent "past history" (e.g. [[Past history, loss of limb(s)]] are also guided by Rule#1.
*Rule#3: The "duration" of a diagnostic event (e.g. pneumonia vs. an arrythmia) has no role in decision-making about how these diagnoses are listed (or not)
*Rule#3: The "duration" of a diagnostic event (e.g. pneumonia vs. an arrythmia) has no role in decision-making about how these diagnoses are listed (or not)
{{Discuss| Rules 1 and 2 are clear, could rule 3 be further clarified  }}
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*Example1:  Admitted to A=ward for pneumonia --> gets worse sent to B=ICU --> improves sent back to C=ward but still on antibiotics for the pneumonia.  So, 3 distinct database records.  Pneumonia is admit diagnosis for A; admit diagnosis for B; admit diagnosis for C.
*Example1:  Admitted to A=ward for pneumonia --> gets worse sent to B=ICU --> improves sent back to C=ward but still on antibiotics for the pneumonia.  So, 3 distinct database records.  Pneumonia is admit diagnosis for A; admit diagnosis for B; admit diagnosis for C.