NELA NoLap
From April 2024, NELA have been commissioned to extend our audit to include patients who present with an acute abdominal NELA-eligible pathology requiring surgery, but who are not taken to theatre--the 'NoLap' cohort. This is an important aspect of care for all emergency surgery patients, and including this group will improve care for all patients.
Similar to our operative cohort, there will be a set of care standards defined, against which we will audit. Many of these are identical to those we audit against for the operative cohort. Many of the questions asked of this cohort are identical to those for the operative cohort, with a few additions specific to the NoLap group.
Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria
Standards of Care
Question Proforma
FAQs
Diagnostic Codes for Identification of NoLap Cases in Year 1
Diagnostic codes for NoLap Year 1 FINAL.pdf (458 KB)
IMPORTANT NOTE: THE ICD-10 DIAGNOSTIC CODES AND ALGORITHM ARE ONLY FOR CASE ASCERTAINMENT PURPOSES. THESE ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS. NELA DOES NOT RECOMMEND USING ICD-10 DIAGNOSTIC CODES AS PART OF REALTIME DATA COLLECTION.
The NELA Team conducted a webinar on 27th February 2024 to present an overview of the NoLap cohort. The slides from the presentations as well as the recording can be found below.
