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* (...) We have recently talked to Trish about how to code our comfort care patients and using the DC treatment box is often the case. If the patients death is not expected imminently we use the code for palliative care. It is confusing because the term palliative can mean many things. [[User:GHall|GHall]] 19:11, 8 May 2008 (CDT)

**I believe that we should all be coding the same. I personally talked to Trish about the use of the DC treatment box for patients that death was expected imminently and she agreed that palliative would not be appropriate.So as far as I know you should use the DC treatment box.[[User:GHall|GHall]] 13:17, 4 July 2008 (CDT)

==Nov 27.08==

***the course of events is not always predictable after the withdrawl of life support treatment. Some patients may die immediately after cessation of ventilator or vassopressor support, while others may survive for hours or even days.

***any patient who has life support treatment withdrawn (DC TX) is also palliative throughout this process. Therefore if death is immediate after stopping life support then there is no need to code palliative.

***If death is not immediate after the stopping of life support(DC TX), then use code palliative

***if a patient who life support treatment was DC'd and he did not die in the ICU and was transferred to a ward and died there a few hours or days later, the ward primary admission code would be Palliative Care, and the DC TX box must also be checked off.

[[User:TOstryzniuk|TOstryzniuk]] 01:32, 28 November 2008 (CST)

=== DC Treat usage in Medicine ===

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 * (...) We have recently talked to Trish about how to code our comfort care patients and using the DC treatment box is often the case. If the patients death is not expected imminently we use the code for palliative care. It is confusing because the term palliative can mean many things. [[User:GHall|GHall]] 19:11, 8 May 2008 (CDT)
 **I believe that we should all be coding the same. I personally talked to Trish about the use of the DC treatment box for patients that death was expected imminently and she agreed that palliative would not be appropriate.So as far as I know you should use the DC treatment box.[[User:GHall|GHall]] 13:17, 4 July 2008 (CDT)
+==Nov 27.08==
+***the course of events is not always predictable after the withdrawl of life support treatment.  Some patients may die immediately after cessation of ventilator or vassopressor support, while others may survive for hours or even days.
+***any patient who has life support treatment withdrawn (DC TX) is also palliative throughout this process. Therefore if death is immediate after stopping life support then there is no need to code palliative.
+***If death is not immediate after the stopping of life support(DC TX), then use code palliative
+***if a patient who life support treatment was DC'd and he did not die in the ICU and was transferred  to a ward and died there a few hours or days later, the ward primary admission code would be Palliative Care, and the DC TX box must also be checked off.
+[[User:TOstryzniuk|TOstryzniuk]] 01:32, 28 November 2008 (CST)
 === DC Treat usage in Medicine ===