DeGuerre's full code status was reaffirmed after he successfully pulled through the procedure, the claim said, adding notations on his chart accurately reflected his wishes.

Full code is permission for a doctor to insert a tube into failing lungs, ... all patients are granted full-code status until their wishes can be verified though documents or conversation.

Background US hospitals typically provide a set of code status options that includes Full Code and Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) but often includes additional options. Although US hospitals differ in the ...

One study found more than half of participants with advanced cancer weren’t asked about code status on admission to the hospital, so they were entered in the computer as “presumed full code ...

Though much work remains, the authors say early results show promise for improvement in incidence of code status documentation within health records in the outpatient setting. Documentation of a ...

DeGuerre’s full code status was reaffirmed after he successfully pulled through the procedure, the claim said, adding notations on his chart accurately reflected his wishes.