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Postoperative complications tip sheet

This tip sheet originally appeared on on the ACDIS website and was submitted by Nick Stultz, RN, CCDS, CDI specialist at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.

This sample has been reviewed and approved by ACDIS' Forms & Tools Library Committee. The committee recommends that, should you choose to use this sample, you adapt it to your particular programmatic needs, EHR system requirements, and organizational diagnostic criteria. Additionally, the committee would like to recommend that those adapting this sample for their own use remember that “in the setting of” does not always establish a cause and effect relationship. More specific language may be necessary to adequately link two conditions. For more information on this topic, click here.

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