Ischemic Stroke without Infarctions: Occlusion and stenosis of carotid arteries ASN Conference September 12 th, 2013

Required Stroke Codes: GWTG Stroke Registry Ischemic Stroke Occlusion and stenosis of basilar artery with cerebral infarction Occlusion and stenosis of carotid artery with cerebral infarction Occlusion and stenosis of vertebral artery with cerebral infarction Occlusion and stenosis of multiple and bilateral precerebral arteries with cerebral infarction Occlusion and stenosis of other specified precerebral artery with cerebral infarction Occlusion and stenosis of unspecified precerebral artery with cerebral infarction Cerebral thrombosis with cerebral infarction Cerebral embolism with cerebral infarction Cerebral artery occlusion unspecified with cerebral infarction 436Acute, but ill-defined, cerebrovascular disease Ischemic Stroke without Infarctions (These will be excluded when computing internal stroke volumes) Occlusion and stenosis of carotid artery without cerebral infarction Cerebral thrombosis without mention of cerebral infarction Hemorrhagic Stroke 430Subarachnoid hemorrhage 431Intracerebral hemorrhage 432Other and unspecified intracranial hemorrhage Nontraumatic extradural hemorrhage 432.1Subdural hemorrhage Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) Basilar artery syndrome Vertebral artery syndrome Subclavian steal syndrome Vertebrobasilar artery syndrome Other specified Transient Cerebral Unspecified transient cerebral ischemia

Required Stroke Codes: Joint Commission Submissions Ischemic Stroke Occlusion and stenosis of basilar artery with cerebral infarction Occlusion and stenosis of carotid artery without cerebral infarction Occlusion and stenosis of carotid artery with cerebral infarction Occlusion and stenosis of vertebral artery with cerebral infarction Occlusion and stenosis of multiple and bilateral precerebral arteries with cerebral infarction Occlusion and stenosis of other specified precerebral artery with cerebral infarction Occlusion and stenosis of unspecified precerebral artery with cerebral infarction Cerebral thrombosis without mention of cerebral infarction Cerebral thrombosis with cerebral infarction Cerebral embolism with cerebral infarction Cerebral artery occlusion unspecified with cerebral infarction 436 Acute, but ill-defined, cerebrovascular disease Hemorrhagic Stroke 430 Subarachnoid hemorrhage 431 Intracerebral hemorrhage

How does your institution handle these cases? Do you include them in your database? How do you identify them?