As long as you remember that in section K it is only a 7 day look back and that you cannot count any medication/fluids given in the OR report even in recovery room.
Lisa
In a message dated 4/28/2004 6:21:25 AM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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. ...
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.
See page 3-153. it says to count the diluent that an IV medication is dissolved in.
Pat Whitcomb, RN
MDS Coordinator
Madonna Towers
507-288-3911, Ext. 3050
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