CAP-Community Acquired Pneumonia: Difference between revisions
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*When patients come in with COPD exacerbation and are put on oral antibiotics, do other collectors in city code as admitted with a CAP along with the COPD? | *When patients come in with COPD exacerbation and are put on oral antibiotics, do other collectors in city code as admitted with a CAP along with the COPD? | ||
**at HSC on wards, it is not the norm to see the written DX of CAP along with COPD exacerbation, yet or patient is prescribed antibiotics. Pat codes a CAP if on IV antibiotic but if prescribe oral antibiotics and not written DX of CAP, then she will not code as CAP. Pat says her interpretation is that it could it upper airway infection or even bronchitis, but Dr. has not committed to either DX. What do others do? Thank you for feedback-[[User:TOstryzniuk|Trish Ostryzniuk]] 14:25, 2012 April 13 (CDT) & [[User: PStein|Pat Stein]] | **at HSC on wards, it is not the norm to see the written DX of CAP along with COPD exacerbation, yet or patient is prescribed antibiotics. Pat codes a CAP if on IV antibiotic but if prescribe oral antibiotics and not written DX of CAP, then she will not code as CAP. Pat says her interpretation is that it could it upper airway infection or even bronchitis, but Dr. has not committed to either DX. What do others do? Thank you for feedback-[[User:TOstryzniuk|Trish Ostryzniuk]] 14:25, 2012 April 13 (CDT) & [[User: PStein|Pat Stein]] | ||
*If patient is treated with antibiotics I code both COPD exascerbation and CAP because quite often their CXR cannot rule out an underlying pneumonia so the physicians will treat on spec (as they often chart it this way in the IPN).--[[User:CMarks|CMarks]] 14:50, 2012 April 16 (CDT) | |||
==Also see== | ==Also see== | ||