CV ASC Registry Education-Seq#4561 (Canadian Study of Health and Aging (CSHA) Clinical Frailty Scale)

Video Transcription

Sequence 4561, the Canadian Study of Health and Aging Clinical Frailty Scale, is captured on both procedures of the CAF-PCI pathway.  It is capturing the current or most recent condition of the patient's physical condition observed prior to their CAF-PCI procedure.  Any descriptive documentation found in the medical record by any clinician that meets the definition is satisfactory.  So if it's documented in the medical record that the patient reports they are normally active but now are unable to ambulate on arrival due to pain, then that would be enough to  code vulnerable. Or if there's physician documentation of a specific frailty scale, that will support coding.  So if the physician says the patient is vulnerable, that will satisfy the definition to code vulnerable, assuming the physician is familiar with the scale.

Video Summary

The Canadian Study of Health and Aging Clinical Frailty Scale, Sequence 4561, is used on patients undergoing the CAF-PCI pathway to assess their current physical condition. Any clinician-documented information indicating a change in physical ability, such as inability to walk due to pain, can be classified as vulnerable. Physician reports on frailty also help determine vulnerability status, with physician confirmation of a patient being "vulnerable" being sufficient to code them as such, provided the physician understands the scale. This process ensures accurate assessment and categorization of patients based on their physical condition before the CAF-PCI procedure.

Keywords

Canadian Study of Health and Aging Clinical Frailty Scale

Sequence 4561

CAF-PCI pathway

physical condition assessment

vulnerability status