Acquired Diagnosis / Complication: Difference between revisions
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''For other types of diagnoses, see [[Admit Diagnosis]] and [[Comorbid Diagnosis]].'' | ''For other types of diagnoses, see [[Admit Diagnosis]] and [[Comorbid Diagnosis]].'' | ||
'''Acquired Diagnoses''', also referred to as '''complications''', are ''the most significant'' problems, surgical procedures or diagnostic procedures that ''' | '''Acquired Diagnoses''', also referred to as '''complications''', are ''the most significant'' problems, surgical procedures or diagnostic procedures that happen to a patient '''AFTER''' unit admission. | ||
Acquired diagnoses are coded "in order of | Acquired diagnoses are coded "in order of occurrence" on a ward/unit. | ||
Acquired diagnoses do '''not''' refer to diagnoses that have been '''discovered''' after the patient comes to the unit if it is likely that the patient was admitted to ward with the problem in the first place but it took a few days to figure that out. | Acquired diagnoses do '''not''' refer to diagnoses that have been '''discovered''' after the patient comes to the unit if it is likely that the patient was admitted to ward with the problem in the first place but it took a few days to figure that out. | ||
==[[Significant complications medicine]]== | |||
For a list of the complications that are a '''priority''' which are looking for go to: [[Significant complications medicine]] | |||
==[[Significant complications ICU]]== | |||
For a list of the complications that are a '''priority''' which we are looking for go to:[[Significant complications ICU]] | |||
== Maximum Number of Acquired Diagnoses == | == Maximum Number of Acquired Diagnoses == | ||
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{{discussion}} | {{discussion}} | ||
right now different terms are used in different places. EG CCMDB uses acquired, this article is acquired, I don't know what TMSX uses, but the category name is "complications". Can we settle on one? I am volunteering to clean this up on the wiki if we settle on one. [[User:Ttenbergen|Ttenbergen]] 16:58, 2 November 2010 (CDT) | right now different terms are used in different places. EG CCMDB uses acquired, this article is acquired, I don't know what TMSX uses, but the category name is "complications". Can we settle on one? I am volunteering to clean this up on the wiki if we settle on one. [[User:Ttenbergen|Ttenbergen]] 16:58, 2 November 2010 (CDT) | ||
**both terms are used to refer to problems, procedures, surgery that occur "AFTER" the patient is admitted to a unit.--[[User:TOstryzniuk|TOstryzniuk]] 17:31, 3 November 2010 (CDT) | |||
===Data Structure=== | ===Data Structure=== |