This page ties together the different types of information we collect about deceased patients. Additional info might be in but not integrated here yet.
Palliative question
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Julie asks: how to add a code for palliative care/ comfort care at discharge and/or change dx palliative service.
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General instructions for deceased patients
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- the patient might become a Organ donor (organ/tissue donation by the donor)
- if the patient had been sent to a temporary location and was expected to return to the unit after the procedure, then the dispo is death. If the person was NOT expected to return to the unit after the procedure, then the dispo is transfer to the procedure area, resp the next ward.
NOT organ donor
organ donor
- Dispo: "Died - organ donor"
- ie don't code that pt was discharged to the OR or another ICU
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- Is that really what you want? It will give fact that patient died, but miss new location.
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- Dispo DtTm: sent from ICU to the operating room or to another ICU
- ie don't code the time of death
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- Is that really what you want? It will give occupancy but miss actual time of death.
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Data prior to death (even if pt did not die on our ward)
Decisions about end of life care
End of life care
MAID
Data about patients who did die
Organ Donation
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none found
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