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*#The patient returns to the sending unit: Here everything (procedures and diagnoses) that happened in the temporary location is coded in the record of the sending site. So, do not discharge and re-admit the patient, collect as a continuous stay. | *#The patient returns to the sending unit: Here everything (procedures and diagnoses) that happened in the temporary location is coded in the record of the sending site. So, do not discharge and re-admit the patient, collect as a continuous stay. | ||
*#The patient does not return to the sending unit BUT DOES survive it and goes elsewhere after the procedure: Here the dispo for the sending site is the temporary location (and the time of that dispo is when the patient left the sending unit) and things that happened in that temporary location are NOT included in the record of the sending site | *#The patient does not return to the sending unit BUT DOES survive it and goes elsewhere after the procedure: Here the dispo for the sending site is the temporary location (and the time of that dispo is when the patient left the sending unit) and things that happened in that temporary location are NOT included in the record of the sending site | ||
*#The patient dies in the temporary site. In this case the dispo of the sending site is the death (and the time of the dispo is as usual for [[Deceased patients]] and you should code the other events that occurred in the temporary site. | *#The patient dies in the temporary site. In this case the dispo of the sending site is the death (and the time of the dispo is as usual for '''[[Deceased patients]]''') and you should code the other events that occurred in the temporary site. | ||
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Revision as of 09:57, 2019 October 30
- This refers to how to handle when a patient is sent to a temporary location
- Temporary locations includes OR, procedure suites of all types, imaging suites/radiology, etc.
- They do NOT include beds that are actually functioning in the nature of a ward or ICU bed -- e.g. contingency beds, ICU patients staying in PACU for awhile because there are no empty ICU beds
- Temporary locations includes OR, procedure suites of all types, imaging suites/radiology, etc.
- There are 3 situations handled differently in these cases:
- The patient returns to the sending unit: Here everything (procedures and diagnoses) that happened in the temporary location is coded in the record of the sending site. So, do not discharge and re-admit the patient, collect as a continuous stay.
- The patient does not return to the sending unit BUT DOES survive it and goes elsewhere after the procedure: Here the dispo for the sending site is the temporary location (and the time of that dispo is when the patient left the sending unit) and things that happened in that temporary location are NOT included in the record of the sending site
- The patient dies in the temporary site. In this case the dispo of the sending site is the death (and the time of the dispo is as usual for Deceased patients) and you should code the other events that occurred in the temporary site.
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