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Maybe I'm admitting age here, but those were very common
IV orders 30 years ago, and the IV was NOT to dilute the K+, it was the standard
solution to ensure that the patient getting it would get a standard dose of K+,
usually if they were vomiting or had diarrhea, etc. 368 cc's of fluid is
an awrful lot of diluent.
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Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 9:15
PM
Subject: IV fluids - section K
questioning section K5a Parenteral/IV -
page 3-153 Parenteral/IV - ... Do not code IV "push" medications.
Do include the IV fluids in IV piggybacks. IV medications dissolved in a
diluent, as well as IV push medications are captured as IV medication in P1ac.
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Order that reads: D5W with 20meq KCL and
the hospital MAR indicates that during one day of the assessment period 368cc
was infused per IV. I have been told that we can only count the KCL
medication in section P1ac as the 368cc of fluid was only used as a
diluent for the KCL.
We did mark section P to capture the IV
medication, but the question is can we count the fluids used to administer the
IV medication as IV fluids?
Bee B.
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