How should hospitals decided between lab values reported at the same date and time?

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    • Type: Logic/Intent/Data Elements
    • Resolution: Unresolved
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      If a patient had two arterial or venous (Bicarbonate) draw/results collected on same date/time, how do we determine which one to submit? Do arterial results trump the venous results, or should we map the draw/result by alpha order? Or will a duplicate date/time of Laboratory results negate one another?
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      If a patient had two arterial or venous (Bicarbonate) draw/results collected on same date/time, how do we determine which one to submit? Do arterial results trump the venous results, or should we map the draw/result by alpha order? Or will a duplicate date/time of Laboratory results negate one another?
    • Juliet Rubini
    • Mathematica Policy Research
    • In instances where there are two values for bicarbonate available at the same date/time that were acquired through different methods, please use the value that was attained using the arterial source.

      If a patient had two arterial or venous (Bicarbonate) draw/results collected on same date/time, how do we determine which one to submit? Do arterial results trump the venous results, or should we map the draw/result by alpha order? Or will a duplicate date/time of Laboratory results negate one another?

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            Tamara Mohammed (Inactive)
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            Juliet Rubini (Inactive)
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