ICU Var 3 was used to tag those patients that "overflow" onto other ICU units while under the care of a specific ICU service.
- Because some patients "overflow" to more than one unit during their ICU stay, ICU Var 5 - Overflow is also used for this purpose.
- Used at HSC and STB
- this tag was introduced in the early 1990's as requested by Dr. Perry Gray.
- he used this information to monitor bed numbers for a specific ICU service and also review the frequency of patient movement to accomodate increased volume for that service.
- for EXAMPLES of how to code see: Overflow to other units - Critical Care HSC and STB only
Possible Values:
- SR = surgical patient into Recovery Room - under sicu service care.
- Entire stay is in RR under SICU attending care.
- Before being transferred to SICU from RR a minimum time under SICU attending care in RR must be 2 hrs. or more to qualify as an overflow.
- Patient is transferred out of SICU into RR & is still under SICU care in RR before being transferred to the ward.
- Patient is transferred from SICU to RR then back to SICU. Note: This is not a new admission back to SICU but a continuous admission. Patient profile should be tagged as an SR.
- MR = medical patient into Recovery Room - under micu service care.
- CR = cardiac patient into Recovery Room – under ccu service care.
- SU = surgical patient into IICU - under sicu service care.
- MU = medical patient into IICU - under micu care.
- CU = cardiac patient into IICU - under ccu service care.
- VM = cardiac sciences overflow into MICU - under CICU service care.
- VS = cardiac sciences overflow into SICU - under CICU service care.
- MC = medical patient overflow into CCU – under micu service care.
- SC = surgical patient overflow into CCU – under sicu service care.
Data Structure
See Category:Variable_codes_1_to_6 for details
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