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Wiki POA Indicators

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arbrown2002

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Would love for someone to explain the whole POA Indicators concept as I'm just not getting it. Confused on even how it should be noted ... please help :eek:
 
POA indicators are used for inpatient/facility coding only. If a patient presents with Pneumonia and during their stay develops a UTI, the Pneumonia would get a POA of Y (yes) and UTI of N (No) since the UTI was not present on admission, it developed after patient was admitted.

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Thanks for the explanation ... but how would it be coded? Would it be 486-Y, 599.0-N ... that's the part I'm unsure of.
 
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