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This page is about the pre-ICD10 diagnosis coding schema. See the ICD10 Diagnosis List, or the following for similar diagnoses in ICD10:Palliative careClick Expand to show legacy content.
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The diagnosis Palliative care should be coded for patients where all of the following are true:
- care is given to a person with progressive, advanced underlying chronic disease with little or no prospect of cure
- death is apparent however is not immediately imminent
- the primary goal is to maintain quality of life.
Treatment is directed towards relieving suffering by managing underlying disease related symptoms.
A patient’s whose death is immediately imminent should be not coded as Palliative care.
Further info required to un-stub
- tie-in to DC Tx explanation
- fill in the codes
- is this used in Medicine as well?