Table 1.

Documentation Categories for Structured Data Advance Care Planning Documents

Data elements that represent unique advance care planning documents (correct)

Category 1: Advance Directive/Description Of End-Of-Life Wishes

Category 2: Medical Order for Life Sustaining Treatment (MOLST)/Out of Hospital Code Status

Category 3: Post-Mortem Instructions

Category 4: Heath Care Proxy/Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care

Data elements that represent blank, not available/completed documents, or those that do not represent ACP (incorrect)

Category 5: Blank or Incomplete Document

Category 6: Reports as Asked, but Not Completed

Category 7: Reports as Available, but Document not Present

Category 8: Wrong Document (i.e., Consent Form, Procedural Safety Checklist)

Data elements that represent documents that are the same as other included documents (duplicates)

Category 9: Duplicate

ACP, advance care planning.