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

• Quarterly report
• Annual report

• They are used in the periodic quarter and fiscal year reports of both the Critical Care and Medicine Programs. (Julie)
  • are the two I linked to above those reports? Ttenbergen 14:03, 2015 April 20 (CDT)

Cross checks

• Check fundamentals for ICD10 - 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.