December 22, 2021

Hi, do procedures in IR qualify for this event? We had a patient who went to the OR for ORIF. In PACU, the patient was hypotensive, CT scanned, and taken to IR for an embolization. Not sure if we should include this as an unplanned visit to the OR.

NTDB has just confirmed to us that operative procedures do not need to occur in the OR, it is not tied to location. Their response was, “Some operative procedures are performed outside the OR. If the patient had an unplanned operative procedure you must report Element Value “1. Yes” to TQIP for the Unplanned Visit to the OR data element, regardless of the location.”

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