The QI
risk for Dehydration is not adjusted like some other QIs. It is considered a
SENTINEL EVENT and will flag if the ICD 9 code for dehydartion is used, or if
J1c (Dehydrated; out put exceeeds intake) is checked. I try not to check it if
at all possible. Also. if a resident was admitted to hospital w/ dx dehydration,
it is usually resolved by the time they're admitted to SNF, so I rarely use that
ICD 9 code. This won't help the numbers now, but may help in the
future.
-----Original Message-----Just looking at our QI's, & I'm trying to understand why the dehydration percentile rank was so high (86), when the # in the numerator was only 2. Any help I could get to understand this would be greatly appreciated. Also, if "end stage disease, 6 or fewer months to live" is checked, are these residents excluded from the numerator? Thank-You!
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Other info:
# in denom - 205
facility percent - 1.0
comparison group percent - 0.3
