Witnessed Cardiac Arrest

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This page is about the pre-ICD10 diagnosis coding schema. See the ICD10 Diagnosis List, or the following for similar diagnoses in ICD10:Cardiac arrest, Targeted Temperature Management (TTM)

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Category/Organ System:	Category: Cardiovascular (old)
Type:	Medical Problem
Main Diagnosis:	Witnessed Cardiac Arrest
Sub Diagnosis:	Witnessed Cardiac Arrest
Diagnosis Code:	100-02
Comorbid Diagnosis:	No
Charlson Comorbid coding (pre ICD10):	0
Program:	CC & Med
Status:	Currently Collected

A witnessed arrest patient in ICU must also code for Cooling Protocol-BRR.

For in-hospital witnessed arrests, code as a witnessed arrest (100-2) only if event was witnessed by hospital medical staff, this does not include house keeping, maintenance or visiting family.

• see Category Arrest for general info on coding arrests
• see: Unwitnessed Cardiac Arrest
• also see Respiratory Arrest

Discussion

Could an out-of-hospital arrest ever be coded as witnessed? Please don't answer in the discussion section, just delete the discussion and update the definition.Ttenbergen 00:05, 5 May 2009 (CDT)

Yes and this is the response I got from Laura on this question. The witnessed cardiac arrest on the wiki is speaking only of "in Hospital" arrests when it requires hospital staff to witness. In the community, I use anyone as a witness. The only unwitnessed arrests are if no-one is around when the person collapses and no one knows when it occurs and when CPR is delayed because no one could do it.