Concept Map: Patient Initials, Primary and Secondary Diagnoses
Diagnoses •
Primary diagnosis is the reason your patient was admitted to the facility.
• Note: In long-term care it is often the reason your patient is still in the facility rather than the reason they were originally admitted
Secondary diagnoses •
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The patient may have many secondary diagnoses for this map we want • Diagnoses directly related to the primary diagnosis
Diagnoses that may have been a cause of the primary or a result of it
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