Central Line
This article defines Central Lines to make sure we use the same definition in
- Iatrogenic, infection, central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection (CVC-BSI, CLI)
- QA Infection CLI
- Central Venous Catheter at 2300 (TISS Item)
- Central venous catheter (TISS Item)
- CVC placement, any location
CL means Central Line
- A CL is a #vascular access catheter that passes through or has a tip ending in one of the #great vessels.
- It may be used for infusion, blood sampling, or hemodynamic monitoring.
- It can be temporary, or long-term/permanent.
great vessel
- aorta
- pulmonary artery
- superior vena cava
- inferior vena cava
- brachiocephalic veins
- internal jugular veins
- subclavian veins
- external iliac veins
- common iliac veins
- femoral veins
vascular access catheter
- subclavian vein catheter
- internal jugular vein catheter
- PICC (Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter)
- Swan-Ganz (pulmonary artery) catheter -- note placement of this has its own code Swan-Ganz (Pulmonary Artery Flotation) Catheter placement
- Broviac
- Groshong
- Quinton
- Hickman
- ASHE catheter
- hemodialysis catheter (e.g. Vascath)
- implanted ports (e.g. Port-a-cath)
- central line introducer -- i.e. even if it does not have a central line in it
- introducer for a temporary pacing wire
Not counted as Central Lines:
- arterial catheters inserted into an artery
- ECMO - (ECMO, VV, ECMO, VA)
- IABP
- VAD; IMPELLA
- A-V fistula
- regular peripheral IVs
- any intravascular device that does not have a lumen (e.g. pacemaker wires)
TISS Special Cases
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Are the following special cases really only for TISS or should they apply for the other purposes above? Ttenbergen 12:35, 2019 January 21 (CST) |
Special Case - Code peripheral PICC lines
Kendiss Olafson confirmed that PICC lines that are noted on x-ray to be peripheral are still to be coded in our TISS as a central line. They still carry the same implications for nursing workload and have the same risk for infection, so for purposes of TISS and CL-BSI counting, these PICCs should be treated as central.--Michelle Lagadi--2015 September 16.
Special Case - unused, fully buried (entirely internal) vascular access devices (such as Port-a-Cath)
- We previously said NOT to count these in TISS if they've not been accessed at all during the admission. However, this ignores the situation when it might well have been accessed at a time prior to but close to admission (e.g. got chemotherapy through it in the Onc Clinic as an outpatient a few days prior to admission). Because the possibilities here are so numerous, for simplicity, we WILL count these on TISS even if not being used (per Allan, Dec 28, 2018).