Release Notes:
Data Element
Version 2010B
| Data Element Name: | Joint Revision |
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| Collected For: | SCIP-Inf-1, SCIP-Inf-2, SCIP-Inf-3, |
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| Definition: | Documentation in the medical record that the patient is undergoing a joint revision. |
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| Suggested Data Collection Question: | Is there documentation that the patient had a joint revision? |
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| Format: | | Length: | 1 |
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| Type: | Alphanumeric |
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| Occurs: | 1 |
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| Allowable Values: |
Y (Yes) There is documentation that the patient had a joint revision.
N (No) There is no documentation that the patient had a joint revision or unable to determine from medical record documentation.
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| Notes for Abstraction: |
- This data element is used to exclude patients who have orthopedic revisions from SCIP-Inf-1, 2, and 3.
- If there is documentation that an antibiotic spacer was removed prior to joint replacement, select “Yes.”
- If there is documentation that this joint replacement (arthroplasty) is a revision, select "Yes."
Example:
The physician documents that the procedure is a revision of a previous surgery.
- If a joint replacement (arthroplasty) is performed and the patient returns for a revision on this joint during the same admission, abstract the joint replacement performed first.
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| Suggested Data Sources: |
- History and physical
- Progress notes
- Operative report
- Coding sheet
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| Additional Notes: |
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| Guidelines for Abstraction: |
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| Inclusion | Exclusion |
- Artificial joint revision
- Removal of hardware
- Revision surgery
- Total joint revision
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Joint Revision
Specifications Manual for Joint Commission National Quality Core Measures (2010B)
Discharges 10-01-10 (4Q10) through 03-31-11 (1Q11)
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