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:
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NOT organ donor
organ donor
See Guideline for coding organ donation after death
Death at temporary location
See Visits to temporary locations
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
Not organ donors
Organ donors
Diagnosis implying death codes:
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Legacy info
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