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.

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 ...

One barrier to discussing code status in the outpatient setting is the absence of an established method for documenting patients' preferences in the medical record. 25 To address this issue, we ...

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 ...

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.