STS/ACC TVT v3 Education-Sequence# 13172 - Anticipated Life Expectancy of Less Than 1 Year (Video 0:56)

Sequence# 13172 - Anticipated Life Expectancy of Less Than 1 Year (Video 0:56)

Video Transcription

Sequence 13172, Anticipated life expectancy of less than one year, is a new data element for TAVR procedures. Coding for this data element is based on physician documentation.  When there is no documentation to support coding, and clarification with a physician is not available, Sequence 13172 would be left blank and Sequence 14454, Anticipated  life expectancy of less than one year not documented, would be captured. This data element would not be coded by the abstractor as it is based on physician knowledge  of comorbidities and other factors not related to the aortic disease. This data element was added to the full dataset for use in future evaluation for Appropriate  Use Criteria or AUC.

Video Summary

The video discusses a new data element called Sequence 13172, which is used to track the anticipated life expectancy of less than one year for TAVR procedures. The coding for this data element is based on physician documentation, and if there is no documentation or clarification available, it would be left blank. Another data element, Sequence 14454, is used to capture when the anticipated life expectancy is not documented. The coding for Sequence 13172 is not done by the abstractor as it is based on physician knowledge of comorbidities and other factors unrelated to the aortic disease. This new data element has been added to the full dataset for future evaluation purposes.

Keywords

Sequence 13172

Sequence 14454

data element

life expectancy

TAVR procedures