Out of the 160 charts, the outpatient oncologist documented the code status in 1 chart. Inpatient EMR locations of the code status included the discharge summary (33%), history and physical (11%), and ...

Background: Patients want physicians to ascertain their wishes related to resuscitation, yet such discussions of “code status” are often delayed in the hospital setting, which compromises patient ...

The problem is that this exchange, which we call asking about “code status” in medicine, centers around a closed-ended question. Talking to a patient about their preferences for cardiac ...

A "cheat sheet" to track residents' code status has become a source of controversy in the case of a Minnesota man who died without being given CPR, according to local news sources.