Data complete?
Evaluation appropriate?
Number of risk factors
Risk of being in the nursing home for 6 months or more after the hip fracture
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Purpose: To identify an elderly person with a hip fracture who is at risk for a prolonged admission to the nursing home.
Specialty: Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation, Surgery, orthopedic
Objective: severity, prognosis, stage
ICD-10: S72.0,