A type of CRITICAL CARE ACTIVITY provided to a PATIENT during a CRITICAL CARE PERIOD.
National Codes:
| 01 | Respiratory support via a tracheal tube (Respiratory support via a tracheal tube provided) |
| 02 | Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (nCPAP) (PATIENT receiving nCPAP for any part of the day) |
| 03 | Surgery (PATIENT received surgery) |
| 04 | Exchange Transfusion (PATIENT received exchange transfusion) |
| 05 | Peritoneal Dialysis (PATIENT received Peritoneal Dialysis) |
| 06 | Continuous infusion of inotrope, pulmonary vasodilator or prostaglandin (PATIENT received a continuous infusion of an inotrope, vasodilator (includes pulmonary vasodilators) or prostaglandin) |
| 07 | Parentral Nutrition (PATIENT receiving Parentral Nutrition (amino acids +/- lipids)) |
| 08 | Convulsions (PATIENT having convulsions requiring treatment) |
| 09 | Oxygen Therapy (PATIENT receiving additional oxygen) |
| 10 | Neonatal abstinence syndrome (PATIENT receiving drug treatment for neonatal abstinence (withdrawal) syndrome) |
| 11 | Care of an intra-arterial catheter or chest drain (PATIENT receiving care of an intra-arterial catheter or chest drain) |
| 12 | Dilution Exchange Transfusion (PATIENT received Dilution Exchange Transfusion) |
| 13 | Tracheostomy cared for by nursing staff (PATIENT receiving care of tracheostomy cared for by nursing staff not by an external Carer (e.g. parent)) |
| 14 | Tracheostomy cared for by external Carer (PATIENT receiving care of tracheostomy cared for by an external Carer (e.g. parent) not by a NURSE) |
| 15 | Recurrent apnoea (PATIENT has recurrent apnoea needing frequent intervention, i.e. over 5 stimulations in 8 hours, or resuscitation with IPPV two or more times in 24 hours) |
| 16 | Haemofiltration (PATIENT received Haemofiltration) |
| 21 | Carer Resident - Caring for Baby (External Carer (for example, parent) resident with the baby and reducing nursing required by caring for the baby) |
| 22 | Continuous monitoring (PATIENT requiring continuous monitoring (by mechanical monitoring equipment) of respiration or heart rate, or by transcutaneous transducers or by Saturation Monitors. Note: apnoea alarms and monitors are excluded as forms of continuous monitoring) |
| 23 | Intravenous glucose and electrolyte solutions (PATIENT being given intravenous glucose and electrolyte solutions) |
| 24 | Tube-fed (PATIENT being tube-fed) |
| 25 | Barrier nursed (PATIENT being barrier nursed) |
| 26 | Phototherapy (PATIENT receiving phototherapy) |
| 27 | Special monitoring (PATIENT receiving special monitoring of blood glucose or serum bilirubin measurement at a minimum frequency of more than one per calendar day) |
| 28 | Observations at regular intervals (PATIENT requiring recorded observations for temperature, heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure or scoring for neonatal abstinence syndrome. Recorded observations must be at a minimum frequency of 4 hourly) |
| 29 | Intravenous medication (PATIENT receiving intravenous medication) |
| 50 | Continuous electrocardiogram monitoring |
| 51 | Invasive ventilation via endotracheal tube |
| 52 | Invasive ventilation via tracheostomy tube |
| 53 | Non-invasive ventilatory support |
| 55 | Nasopharyngeal airway |
| 56 | Advanced ventilatory support (Jet or Oscillatory ventilation) |
| 57 | Upper airway obstruction requiring nebulised Epinepherine/ Adrenaline |
| 58 | Apnoea requiring intervention |
| 59 | Acute severe asthma requiring intravenous bronchodilator therapy or continuous nebuliser |
| 60 | Arterial line monitoring |
| 61 | Cardiac pacing via an external box (pacing wires or external pads or oesophageal pacing) |
| 62 | Central venous pressure monitoring |
| 63 | Bolus intravenous fluids (> 80 ml/kg/day) in addition to maintenance intravenous fluids |
| 64 | Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) |
| 65 | Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) or Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) or aortic balloon pump |
| 66 | Haemodialysis (acute patients only i.e. excluding chronic) |
| 67 | Plasma filtration or Plasma exchange |
| 68 | ICP-intracranial pressure monitoring |
| 69 | Intraventricular catheter or external ventricular drain |
| 70 | Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) requiring continuous infusion of insulin |
| 71 | Intravenous infusion of thrombolytic agent (limited to tissue plasminogen activator [tPA] and streptokinase) |
| 72 | Extracorporeal liver support using Molecular Absorbent Liver Recirculating System (MARS) |
| 73 | Continuous pulse oximetry |
| 74 | Patient nursed in single occupancy cubicle |
| 99 | No Defined Critical Care Activity (PATIENT is not receiving any of the critical care interventions listed above (Excluding code 21). For example, PATIENT is on the Intensive Care Unit ready for discharge and is receiving normal care. This is the default code. |
This attribute is also known by these names:
| Context | Alias |
|---|---|
| plural | CRITICAL CARE ACTIVITY CODES |