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