WC: Venous (Deep Vein System) Workflow (Assign All Tasks Simultaneously)
Introduction
Decision Nodes
Ulcer? (venous etiology suspected)
Q: Ulcer? YES;NO
Q: Symptomatic? YES;NO
Q: Venous reflux US normal? YES;NO
Goes to the OBL for completion of venous workup
Q: OBL Workup? Yes;No
Evaluate other etiologies
Optimize medical treatment
Is pt cleared from deep vein system?
Q: Pt cleared? YES;NO
Re-evaluate deep vein system
Start post-treatment surveillance Set up all reminders
- If patient is cleared, start the post treatment protocol (bring patient back for a 2 week follow up and then a 1 month US, then 3 month, 6 month and 1 year US for monitoring)
CODING
Deep Venous IVC US is:
- 93978 for bilateral venous US IVC
- 93979 for unilateral venous US IVC
- I87.2 for ICD-10 code
ATTENTION
- To set up all reminders at once:
- 1. Select the Assignee *critical step* If you don't select clinician, task will not be assigned
- 2. Select Anchor Date: procedure/surgery date (Day 0), from which tasks due dates are calculated
- 3. Click "Create and Assign All Tasks"
- OR to set up reminders one by one, proceed to the next nodes: "Anchor Date" does not apply if tasks are assigned individually
Q: Set up all reminders simultaneously
Set reminder 2 week follow up
- If patient is cleared, start the post treatment protocol (bring patient back for a 2 week follow up and then a 1 month US, then 3 month, 6 month and 1 year US for monitoring)
Q: 2 week follow up
Q: If 2w follow up not completed, please state why Patient not reachable;Patient rescheduled for later date;Patient declined;Social or economic barriers;Other
Q: 1 month US
Q: If 1m follow up not completed, please state why Patient not reachable;Patient rescheduled for later date;Patient declined;Social or economic barriers;Other
Q: At 1 month follow up: are there signs of improvement? NO;YES
Q: 6 month US
Q: If 6m follow up not completed, please state why Patient not reachable;Patient rescheduled for later date;Patient declined;Social or economic barriers;Other
Q: 1 year US
Q: If 1y follow up not completed, please state why Patient not reachable;Patient rescheduled for later date;Patient declined;Social or economic barriers to attendance;Other
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