POA INDICATOR EXAMPLES Flashcards
A patient is treated in observation, falls out of bed, and breaks a hip. The patient is subsequently admitted as an inpatient to treat the hip fracture. What is the POA indicator for the fracture?
Y
A patient is admitted to the hospital for CABG surgery. Postoperatively, he develops a pulmonary embolism. What is the POA indicator for the pulmonary embolism?
N
A patient is admitted in active labor. She is known to have a gastric ulcer under medical management. After delivering the baby, she complains of melena and is noted to have bleeding from the ulcer. What is the POA indicator for the bleeding gastric ulcer?
N
A single liveborn is delivered in the hospital. The physician documents neonatal tachycardia. What is th POA indicator for the neonatal tachycardia?
Y
A patient is admitted with fever, weakness, severe malaise, and coughing. She is diagnosed with pneumonia. She deteriorates rapidly and is transferred to the ICU with severe sepsis. On physician query, the physician documents that he cannot determine whether the patient had sepsis on admission because she deteriorated so quickly. What is the POA indicator for the severe sepsis?
W
A patient is admitted for diagnostic work-up for cachexia. The final diagnosis is malignant neoplasm of lung with metastasis
POA for malignant neoplasm of lung:
Y
A patient undergoes outpatient surgery. During the recovery period, the patient develops atrial fibrillation and the patient is subsequently admitted to the hospital as an inpatient.
POA for atrial fibrillation:
Y
A patient undergoes inpatient surgery. After surgery, the patient develops fever and is treated aggressively. The physician’s final diagnosis documents “possible postoperative infection”.
POA for postoperative infection:
N
A patient is admitted to the hospital for a coronary artery bypass surgery. Postoperatively he developed a pulmonary embolism.
POA for pulmonary embolism:
N
A patient with diabetes mellitus developed uncontrolled diabetes on day 3 of a hospitalization.
POA for uncontrolled diabetes:
N
A patient is admitted for high fever and pneumonia. The patient rapidly deteriorates and becomes septic. The discharge diagnosis lists sepsis and pneumonia. The documentation is unclear as to whether the sepsis was POA or developed shortly after admission. Course of action:
Query the provider
A patient is admitted for repair of an abdominal aneurysm. However, the aneurysm ruptures after hospital admission.
POA for ruptured aneurysm:
N
A urine culture is obtained on admission. The provider documents a UTI when the culture results become available a few days later.
POA for UTI:
Y
Patient admitted in late pregnancy due to excessive vomiting and dehydration. During admission patient goes into premature labor.
POA for excessive vomiting and dehydration:
POA for premature labor:
Y And N
A newborn developed diarrhea which was believed to be due to the hospital baby formula.
POA for diarrhea:
N
