Consultation and death note:
I received a call for consultation on this patient this evening. I arrived to see the patient. brief review of the chart indicated the patient was established as a DNR, comfort care. She was admitted with pulmonary infiltrates and decompensated CHF, with multiple previous medical problems. The family was at the bedside, and upon my arrival, the patient was dead. She was unresponsive, with no pulse an no respiratory effort. The family wished no heroic efforts, no CPR, no intubation, no mechanical ventilation and no further medical care. The patient was pronounced dead at 8.00a. The family was at the bedside and advised as such.
Is this billable?
Thanks!
I received a call for consultation on this patient this evening. I arrived to see the patient. brief review of the chart indicated the patient was established as a DNR, comfort care. She was admitted with pulmonary infiltrates and decompensated CHF, with multiple previous medical problems. The family was at the bedside, and upon my arrival, the patient was dead. She was unresponsive, with no pulse an no respiratory effort. The family wished no heroic efforts, no CPR, no intubation, no mechanical ventilation and no further medical care. The patient was pronounced dead at 8.00a. The family was at the bedside and advised as such.
Is this billable?
Thanks!
