Primary Admit Diagnosis
The Primary Admit Diagnosis is the most responsible reason why the patient was admitted should be given the highest priority among the Admit Diagnosiss entered into CCMDB.mdb.
ICD10
Admit Diagnosis with Dx Primary = true
Old dx schema
Admit Diagnosis with highest priority
Reporting
The concept of primary diagnosis is used in
Cross checks
- Check dx primary integrity - there has to be one of these for each pt
old
Query L Dxs w primary will list these. Template:ICD10 that can be deleted when ICD10 implementation is complete.