In a study focusing on patients who elected to be “DNR/DNI,” over half of them changed their code status to include intubation when presented with specific medical scenarios, and 20 percent ...

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 ...

Advance care planning (ACP), including end-of-life conversations and code status (CS), have exhibited improvements in patient quality, satisfaction, readmission rates, and health care–related costs. 1 ...

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.