DC Treatment
The DC Treat checkbox on the Registry page of the PDA tracks the withdrawal of therapy when it is apparent that death is immediately imminent. Mark the TX DC checkbox on the PDA for patients if the decision is made to discontinue treatment.
Notes
This box should not be checked when the diagnosis Palliative Care (90400) is coded.
Additional info needed to de-stub
Could a patient not start out as palliative care and turn into DC Tx? This article came about because of article Palliative care vs DC TX; when this and the Palliative Care article are cleaned up, then Palliative care vs DC TX should be removed.