General
Checks and Balances
It's Complicated
Carry on Baggabe
100
This accepted null value, ____, is reported to the NTDB if there was an attempt to obtain information, but the information was missing at the time of documentation
What is "Not Know/Not Recorded?
100

Reporting "Not Applicable" in this field will generate a Level 2 flag, and your entire data file will be rejected by the NTDB

     A. What is Patient's Home Zip/Postal Code?

     B. What is Age?

     C. What is Date of Birth?

C What is Date of Birth?
100

This NTDS Hospital Complication definition is consistent with the American College of Chest Physicians and the Society of Critical Care Medicine 2010 consensus

     A. What is "Pulmonary Embolism"?

     B. What is "Severe Sepsis"?

     C. What is "Flail Chest"?

A What is "Pulmonary Embolism"?
100

_____ would be reported to the NTDB as a Co-Morbid Condition if the patient has a history of Hemophilia

     A. What is "Anticoagulant Disorder"?

     B. What is "Substance Abuse Disorder"?

     C. What is "Bleeding Disorder"?

C What is "Bleeding Disorder"?
200
This spreadsheet lists all changes for the NTDS Data Dictionary
What is the NTDS change log?
200
Unless prevented from doing so by an Associated Edit Check, most NTDB data fields accepts this null value
What is "Not Know/Not Recorded"?
200

Beginning with 2018 admissions, these Hospital complications are no longer required to follow the most current CDC guidelines

     A. What are VAP, CAUTI, CLABSI?

     B. What are Pressure Ulcer, AKI, ARDS?

     C. What Myocardial Infarction and CHF? 

         
A What are VAP, CAUTI, CLABSI/
200
This Pre-injury status is represented by the ability of the patient to complete age-appropriate activities of daily living
What is "Functionally Dependent Health Status"?
300
Beginning with this admission year, AIS 05 Update 2008 was mandatory for coding injuries
What is 2016?
300
These types of flags must be resolved before your submission file will be accepted by the NTDB
What are Level 1 and 2 flags?
300
A focal or global neurological deficit of rapid onset and NOT present on admission
What is Stroke/CVA?
300
The patient had a written request limiting life sustaining therapy, or similar advanced directive, present prior to arrival at your center
What is an Advanced Directive Limiting Care?
400
Implemented in August 2017, this platform is used by centers to update their staff and user information
What is the Account Center?
400

These types of flags do not have to be resolved for your submission file to be accepted by the NTDB

What are Level 3 and 4 flags?
400
An abrupt decrease in kidney function that occurred during the patient's initial stay at your hospital
What is Acute Kidney Injury?
400
History of persistent elevated blood pressure requiring medical therapy present prior to injury and must be documented in the medical record
What is Hypertension?
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