STS/ACC TVT v3 Education-Sequence# 13186 - Symptoms of Aortic Stenosis Present (Video 0:53)

Video Transcription

Sequence 13186, Symptoms of Aortic Stenosis Present, is a new data element to TAVR and is coded on any symptoms of heart failure within the last three months prior to the  start of the TAVR procedure. This data element may be coded by the abstractor, based on physician documentation, or on information in the medical record.  If there is documentation of patient symptoms within the last three months, even if there are no symptoms of heart failure on arrival for the procedure, please code yes.  When there is documentation of symptoms, such as shortness of breath, but no physician documentation of heart failure, please code yes.  This data element was added to the full dataset for use in the evaluation of AUC appropriate use criteria.

Video Summary

In Sequence 13186, a new data element called Symptoms of Aortic Stenosis Present is introduced for TAVR. It is coded based on any symptoms of heart failure within the last three months prior to the procedure. The abstractor can code this based on physician documentation or information in the medical record. If there is any documentation of patient symptoms within the last three months, even if there are no heart failure symptoms during the procedure, it should be coded as yes. Similarly, if there are symptoms like shortness of breath but no physician documentation of heart failure, it should still be coded as yes. This data element is included in the full dataset for evaluating appropriate use criteria.

Keywords

Sequence 13186

data element

Symptoms of Aortic Stenosis Present

TAVR

heart failure symptoms