Palliative Service
Legacy Content
This page is about the pre-ICD10 diagnosis coding schema. See the ICD10 Diagnosis List, or the following for similar diagnoses in ICD10:Palliative careClick Expand to show legacy content.
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Category: Other Medical (old) |
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| Main Diagnosis: | Palliative Service |
| Sub Diagnosis: | PALLIATIVE SERVICE |
| Diagnosis Code: | 90400 - Palliative Service |
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| Program: | Critical Care and/or Medicine |
| Status: | Currently Collected
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Code Palliative Service for Medicine and ICU database program only if the patient is either under the care of Palliative Service Team or that this Service has been consulted.
Coding Instruction for Palliative Care Service
Palliative Service code should only be used as follows:
- ADMIT slots:
- only if the patient has been previously enrolled in palliative care service and they are involved in their care.
- Template:Discussion what if consult at admission? Ttenbergen 14:08, 2013 November 11 (CST)
- only if the patient has been previously enrolled in palliative care service and they are involved in their care.
- COMPLICATION slots:
- only if there is an actual consultation for Palliative Services after ward admission.
Do not code for ACP C!
If ACP C or Comfort Care is ordered for the patient you cannot code Palliative Service in complications. You can code it only if the Palliative Care Service is consulted. You might be able to code Comfort Care for that care goal.
Related data
See Category:End-of-life related data
Legacy info
The predecessor to this dx "Palliative Care", under the same code, used to be collected if there was comfort care, ACP C, palliation. As of 2013-11-11, the definition changed.