CV ASC Registry Education-Seq#10200 (Discharge Medication Code)

Video Transcription

Each CV ASC procedure pathway is assigned unique and specific discharge medications. The entire team, including ambulatory, surgery center, and office-based lab stakeholders,  thoughtfully and concisely appointed these medications to their respective pathway based on reporting needs and keeping in mind the need for a lean data set.  So while the data dictionary lists every possible discharge medication that could be used within  the entire registry, constraints are applied in the back end to allow certain medications to appear once a specific pathway is selected in the data collection tool.  Thus, the easiest means to know which medications are captured for a single procedure is the data collection form.  Additionally, discharge medications will only be made available for capture if the patient is alive at discharge or rather and they discharge anywhere other than another acute  care hospital or leaving against medical advice. Discharge medications are controlled by the medication master file, which is managed by the NCDR.  If additional medications need added for capture, the NCDR will update the master file. For ACC data collection tool users, these updates occur automatically.  For third-party vendor tool users, the list is made available for downloading and uploading  into the application from the ASC Registry website under Resources with the label Technology Downloads.

Video Summary

Discharge medications for CV ASC procedures are carefully selected based on specific pathways by a team consisting of various stakeholders. Medications are assigned in consideration of data reporting needs and maintaining a concise data set. The data dictionary lists all possible medications, but constraints are applied to show relevant medications based on the selected pathway in the data collection tool. Medications are captured on the data collection form for each procedure. They are available if the patient is alive at discharge and not leaving against medical advice or to another acute care facility. The NCDR manages the medication master file, updating it as needed for data collection. ACC tool users receive automatic updates, while third-party vendors can download the list from the ASC Registry website for their application.

Keywords

discharge medications

CV ASC procedures

data reporting

data collection tool

medication master file