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Palliative care might be provided even if [[DC Treatment|disease treatment has been discontinued]] in an ICU patient.
Palliative care might be provided even if [[DC Treatment|disease treatment has been discontinued]] in an ICU patient.


== Current obstacles to consistent coding practices==
== Current obstacles to consistent coding practices for Pallitive Care==
Current collection problems with Palliative care code:
Current collection problems with Palliative care code:


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●What is a time line for immediately imminent vs. not immediately imminent?  (example; patients DC TX in ICU, did not die immediately, not until 1-2 weeks after ward admission.  Should ward call this DC TX or palliative?
●What is a time line for immediately imminent vs. not immediately imminent?  (example; patients DC TX in ICU, did not die immediately, not until 1-2 weeks after ward admission.  Should ward call this DC TX or palliative?
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== When to code Palliative Care ==
== When to code Palliative Care ==