Palliative Service

{{Subst:DC_tag_maker}} Palliative care is

• given to a person with progressive, advanced underlying chronic disease with little or no prospect of cure
• whose death is apparent however is not immediately imminent
• for whom the primary goal is to maintain quality of life.

Treatment is directed towards relieving suffering by managing underlying disease related symptoms.

A patient’s whose death is immediately imminent should be not coded as Palliative care.