Release Notes:
Data Element
Version 2010B
| Data Element Name: | Violence Risk to Self |
|---|
| Collected For: | HBIPS-1, |
|---|
| Definition: | Documentation in the medical record that an admission screening for violence risk to self over the past six months was performed within the first three days of admission. |
|---|
| Suggested Data Collection Question: | Is there documentation in the medical record that the patient was screened for violence risk to self over the past six months within the first three days of admission? |
|---|
| Format: | | Length: | 1 |
|---|
| Type: | Alphanumeric |
|---|
| Occurs: | 1 |
|---|
|
|---|
| Allowable Values: |
Y (Yes) Documentation in the medical record includes a screening for violence risk to self over the past six months was performed within the first three days of admission.
N (No) Documentation in the medical record does not include a screening for risk to self over the past six months OR the screening was not performed within the first three days of admission OR unable to determine from medical record documentation.
X (Unable to complete admission screening) Documentation in the medical record that a screening for risk of violence to self over the past six months can not be completed due to the patient’s inability or unwillingness to answer assessment questions within the first three days of admission OR patient has a previous admission to the psychiatric unit during a single hospitalization.
|
|---|
| Notes for Abstraction: | A screening for risk of violence to self and others must be
completed by a qualified psychiatric practitioner e.g., psychiatrist, registered nurse (RN), physician’s assistant (PA) or Master of Social Work (MSW) within the first three days of admission. Titles of qualified psychiatric practitioners vary from state to state.
If the patient was in an acute-care hospital and had multiple admissions to the psychiatric unit during his or her hospitalization, select the first admission to the psychiatric unit.
The admission screening must have occurred within the first three days of admission for psychiatric care. The day after admission is defined as the first day.
Some examples of harm to self include but are not limited to: past suicide attempts by the patient, intentional cutting, burning, bruising or damaging of self by the patient, inappropriate substance use, suicidal thoughts in the past six months by the patient, specific suicidal plan in the past six months by the patient and past suicide attempts by anyone in patient’s family. |
|---|
| Suggested Data Sources: |
- Biopsychosocial assessment
- Emergency department record
- Functional skills assessment
- History and physical
- Individual plan of service
- Initial assessment form
- Nursing notes
- Physician progress notes
- Psychiatrist assessment/admission form
- Referral packet
- School report
- Social worker assessment
|
|---|
| Additional Notes: |
|
|---|
| Guidelines for Abstraction: |
|---|
|
Violence Risk to Self
Specifications Manual for Joint Commission National Quality Core Measures (2010B)
Discharges 10-01-10 (4Q10) through 03-31-11 (1Q11)
|