This is the Impact Registry March 2021 case scenario. We will cover Airway Event Requiring Escalation of Care, Sequence 80-75. Our scenario involves a two-month-old female patient with a single ventricle and heart failure. The patient is taken to the cath lab on February 1st. She is extubated on February 2nd. However, she then decompensates and is re-intubated on February 3rd. Does this patient meet the coding criteria for Sequence 80-75, Airway Event Requiring Escalation of Care? No or Yes. Please take a moment to review the documentation and the question. In the given scenario, Sequence 80-75, Airway Event Requiring Escalation of Care, would be coded as Yes. For this particular scenario, the target value of any occurrence between start of procedure and 72 hours post-procedure or next procedure or surgery or discharge is met. Let's review the full data definition. For the purposes of the Impact Registry, Sequence 80-75, Airway Event Requiring Escalation of Care is indicated if the patient had an airway event requiring escalation of care. An airway event can include episodes of apnea, hypoxia, or obstruction requiring intubation. The target value for this data element is any occurrence between start of procedure and 72 hours post-procedure or next procedure, surgery, or discharge. Thank you for viewing the Impact Registry Monthly Case Scenario for March 2021.

Impact Registry

case scenario

two-month-old female patient

single ventricle

heart failure