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== When not to code Palliative Care ==
== When not to code Palliative Care ==
For our purposes and the way we analyze the data, a patient whose death is immediately imminent should '''not''' be coded as Palliative care, but might be coded as [[DC Treatment]] if appropriate.
For our purposes and the way we analyze the data, a patient whose death is '''immediately imminent''' should '''not''' be coded as Palliative care, but might be coded as [[DC Treatment]] if appropriate.


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