Ontario: ACR Codes from hell!

[Acosell]

So I just got back from doing a chest pain call, which I am 99.9% sure was not ischemic. As you know, the ministry in their infinite wisdom has given us but one code for medical chest pain, 51. SO! If you have a patient that has chest pain, that isn't ischemic, how do you (personally) document this? Just curious to see what other people do/have done.

[MedicMal]

just use the good old 99 code (other).

MedicMal

[thamesmedic]

I use 51, but under assessment I recorder that it is "atypical chest pain/non radiating"

works for me, haven't had any complaints yet about it :roll:

[akroeze]

99... the most used code on an ACR

[hammerpcp]

Ya 99..LOL. Or muscular skeletal trauma or whatever it is. But if you don't think it is ischemia don't use 51. You'll have a lot of 'splainin' to do when you don't administer symptom relief.

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