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=== should some of these be eliminated === | === should some of these be eliminated === | ||
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| | | There are special collection instructions for diagnoses on this page; can we get rid of them?}} | ||
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I think the following instructions should be eliminated for the following reasons: | I think the following instructions should be eliminated for the following reasons: | ||
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* some of these contradict the general definition of the admit diagnosis being the "most responsible" diagnosis; when our data is analyzed with that definition in mind then these rules will lead to misrepresentation | * some of these contradict the general definition of the admit diagnosis being the "most responsible" diagnosis; when our data is analyzed with that definition in mind then these rules will lead to misrepresentation | ||
* some collectors will stick to these rules even if they get a sense that it will misrepresent the situation; others will code to make sense of the situation as suggested by [[General Diagnosis Coding Guidelines]], yet others will have missed either in all the information, so these rules don't necessarily result in clean data, even if that is the intent. | * some collectors will stick to these rules even if they get a sense that it will misrepresent the situation; others will code to make sense of the situation as suggested by [[General Diagnosis Coding Guidelines]], yet others will have missed either in all the information, so these rules don't necessarily result in clean data, even if that is the intent. | ||
I think the rules should be deleted, and only the first paragraph of this article should count. If we have such a thing as "surgery wants to know what procedures happen" then mention that in the [[ | I think the rules should be deleted, and only the first paragraph of this article should count. If we have such a thing as "surgery wants to know what procedures happen" then mention that in the [[General Diagnosis Coding Guidelines#Consider what we use the data for]] section, e.g. mention Dr Kumar's interest in infections and to code them preferentially even if something more urgent is present (if that's what we want to to) but keep it general. | ||
* What are your thoughts? [[User:Ttenbergen|Ttenbergen]] 17:05, 25 July 2011 (CDT) | * What are your thoughts? [[User:Ttenbergen|Ttenbergen]] 17:05, 25 July 2011 (CDT) | ||
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==Data Structure== | ==Data Structure== | ||
Admit Diagnoses are stored in [[ | Admit Diagnoses are stored in [[L Dxs]]. | ||
== Legacy Information == | == Legacy Information == | ||
=== Maximum Number of Admit Diagnoses === | === Maximum Number of Admit Diagnoses === | ||
Until we started to use [[ | Until we started to use [[Centralized data.mdb]] we were limited to 6 admit diagnoses. | ||
Was ''The [[CCMDB.mdb]] can record any number of admit diagnoses. However, only the '''six (6)''' with the highest priority will be appended to [[TMSX]]. So, you can track as many diagnoses as you want as you go along, and then delete or re-prioritize to only send the most relevant.'' | Was ''The [[CCMDB.mdb]] can record any number of admit diagnoses. However, only the '''six (6)''' with the highest priority will be appended to [[TMSX]]. So, you can track as many diagnoses as you want as you go along, and then delete or re-prioritize to only send the most relevant.'' | ||
[[Category: Diagnosis Coding | * ]] | [[Category:Diagnosis Coding| *]] | ||
[[Category: Data Collection Guide ]] | [[Category:Data Collection Guide]] | ||