Thrombolytic Infusion-Strokes: Difference between revisions

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 {{DX tag | THROMBOLYTIC INFUSION - '''STROKES''' | 02 | 763 | '''Critical Care and Medicine''' | Currently Collected | |}}
+:EXAMPLE:
-EXAMPLE:
+:Our coding process for patients who are admitted to ICU from the ER who have had a stroke and are given TPA in ER is as follows:
-Our coding process for patients who are admitted to ICU from the ER who have had a stroke and are given TPA in ER is as follows:
+#CVA (505)
-.	CVA (505)
+#TPA (796-2)
-.	TPA (796-2)
+*(we have been tagging patients who got TPA in ER)
-(we have been tagging patients who got TPA in ER since it is rarely given in ICU’s)