LCD for Hospice - Determining Terminal Status (L25678)

This is the percentage of patients with primary ICD-10 codes I61, I63 and I64 in HES who are included in SSNAP for the same time period. The SSNAP is a mandatory collection and overall case ascertainment increased from 72% in Quarter 1 to 95% in Quarter 4, 2013/14 (Quarter 2: 83%, Quarter 3: 90%). ................
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