Deceased patients
This page ties together the different types of information we collect about deceased patients. Additional info might be in but not integrated here yet.
General instructions for deceased patients
- We always know that a patient died by virtue of the Dispo field. And data collectors record all diagnoses relevant to the admission. Thus beyond those 2 items, we have no specific need to record death as a diagnosis EXCEPT for brain death in which the patient becomes an organ donor.
- There might or might not be one of the Category:Diagnosis implying death
| Diagnosis implying death codes: |
NOT organ donor
- Dispo: "Died - to morgue"
- Dispo DtTm: date and time of death - info is found in Patient Viewer Tab Cognos ADT2
organ donor
See Guideline for coding organ donation after death
Death at temporary location
See Visits to temporary locations
Entries in CSS/Using Cognos2 to keep track of patients
- deceased
- "ED Death after Arrival" for EMIPs
Data prior to death (even if pt did not die on our ward)
Decisions about end of life care
End of life care
- DC Treatment
- Hospice
- Palliative patients: The coding changed over time, see index page for adjacent concepts:
- starting Jan 1, 2019 - ICD10 dx Palliative care (Z51.5)
- Nov 11, 2013 to Aug 26, 2019 - use Tmp Project Comfort Care
- Beginning to Nov 2013 - use the Pre-ICD10 Diagnosis Code List code 90400 Palliative Service
- Before Nov 11, 2013 "90400 - "Palliative Care" used to be applied as a code if a patient was either comfort care, ACP-C, palliation, end of life care or consulted to palliative care service.
MAID
Data about patients who did die
Not organ donors
Organ donors
| Diagnosis implying death codes: |
Data Integrity Checks (automatic list)
none found
Legacy info
| click expand to see legacy info |