Acquired Diagnosis / Complication: Difference between revisions

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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.~~'''~~

== onset not discovery ==

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.

*We don't '''repeat''' the diagnosis in the acquired section. For example if the admit diagnosis is CHF they get treated but relapse back into CHF we do not add that as a acquired complication. '''Exceptions:'''

== repeating complications ==

** For '''procedures''' we can repeat them once as a complication. For example if the patient came in with a scope in the admit and then had 3 more scopes in the hospital you would enter it''' once''' as an acquired

We don't '''repeat''' the diagnosis in the acquired section. For example if the admit diagnosis is CHF they get treated but relapse back into CHF we do not add that as a acquired complication. '''Exceptions:'''

** the same type of '''infection''' that was present on admission but with a '''different pathogen'''.

* for '''procedures''' we can repeat them once as a complication. For example if the patient came in with a scope in the admit and then had 3 more scopes in the hospital you would enter it''' once''' as an acquired

* the same type of '''infection''' that was present on admission but with a '''different pathogen'''

== Significant Complications ==

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 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.'''
+== onset not discovery ==
+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.
-*We don't '''repeat''' the diagnosis in the acquired section. For example if the admit diagnosis is CHF they get treated but relapse back into CHF we do not add that as a acquired complication. '''Exceptions:'''
+== repeating complications ==
-** For '''procedures''' we can repeat them once as a complication. For example if the patient came in with a scope in the admit and then had 3 more scopes in the hospital you would enter it''' once''' as an acquired
+We don't '''repeat''' the diagnosis in the acquired section. For example if the admit diagnosis is CHF they get treated but relapse back into CHF we do not add that as a acquired complication. '''Exceptions:'''
-** the same type of '''infection''' that was present on admission but with a '''different pathogen'''.
+* for '''procedures''' we can repeat them once as a complication. For example if the patient came in with a scope in the admit and then had 3 more scopes in the hospital you would enter it''' once''' as an acquired
+* the same type of '''infection''' that was present on admission but with a '''different pathogen'''
 == Significant Complications ==