February 17, 2021

Can you please help me decide if this scenario would be an Event of Unplanned Visit to the OR? Patient went to the OR for a Head Bleed Evacuation on the Right side on 11/15 but then had to go back to the OR hours later on the same day for a Left side Head Bleed Evacuation that was not diagnosed at the time of the original OR because it didn’t show up on the original Scans. Would this be an Unplanned Visit to the OR?

If this was a missed injury, meaning the injury presented itself but was not identified by the medical team, you would capture the Hospital Event. In the definition, patients with an unplanned operative procedure are captured. Also, even if this bleed didn’t present itself and could not be diagnosed until later in the stay, you will still capture this Hospital Event. The PI process can further explore and explain.

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