One distinct ICU stay. One Episode ID.
This page explains how ICU DATA EXPERT distinguishes each ICU stay, maintains continuity during a temporary visit to theatre and assigns scores, ventilation, MDSi, documents and billing to the right episode.
Identify every ICU admission within a hospital stay.
A clinical record may cover an entire hospital stay while the patient visits the ICU several times. ICU DATA EXPERT reconstructs distinct episodes so each intervention, score and document is linked to the correct Episode ID.
An Episode ID represents one distinct ICU stay.
Calculating the Episode ID
A temporary visit to theatre followed by return to ICU keeps the same Episode ID. Discharge to a ward or intermediate care closes the episode; a later ICU readmission opens a new Episode ID.
Assign stay information to the correct Episode ID
Scores, medications, ventilation, MDSi and documents are then linked to the same Episode ID.
Test complex cases
Theatre visits, discharge to another unit and subsequent ICU readmission: each scenario is assessed using its actual chronology.
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The ICU episode assigns scores, ventilation and documents to the correct intensive care stay. This separation avoids mixing information from different stays. It provides a starting point for checking data before producing the stay reports.