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*ACP status(1 to 4)is not relevant and should not be used as the guide to decide if patient is palliative care or not. | *ACP status(1 to 4)is not relevant and should not be used as the guide to decide if patient is palliative care or not. | ||
*Palliative care is always provided even if [[DC Treatment| | *Palliative care is always provided even if [[DC Treatment|treatment has been discontinued]] in an ICU patient. Patients' who's treatment has been DC'd, don't need to be also coded as palliative. | ||
****(''need to think about this one a bit more, re; Pat Stein question below in discussion.''[[User:TOstryzniuk|TOstryzniuk]] 14:00, 29 July 2008 (CDT)) | ****(''need to think about this one a bit more, re; Pat Stein question below in discussion.''[[User:TOstryzniuk|TOstryzniuk]] 14:00, 29 July 2008 (CDT)) | ||