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Priya Nakashima: Acute respiratory failure

ENC-00080 · 85F · Cardiology · admitted Sun Nov 08, 2026 08:57 PM · in hospital · attending Dr. Wes Merriweather · resident Dr. Elena Nakashima

Clinical validation gap Criteria not met Open In hospital: concurrent review Resident note awaiting attending cosign

Documented “acute respiratory failure with hypoxia” (J96.01) but the criteria are not met: No hypoxaemia on room air (lowest SpO2 93%), oxygen no more than 2 L/min, no advanced support.

Documented vs supported

Documented
“acute respiratory failure with hypoxia” · J96.01 Acute respiratory failure with hypoxia
Criteria support
criteria not met
Outcome
No hypoxaemia on room air (lowest SpO2 93%), oxygen no more than 2 L/min, no advanced support
Rule
Acute hypoxic respiratory failure v2026.11-1
Published source
Merck Manual Professional Version: Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure (AHRF), including ARDS (2026), Definition/evaluation: PaO2 <60 mmHg, PaO2/FiO2 <300, or SpO2 <88%, with dyspnea and tachypnea · source (checked 2026-11-14)
Contested
Organizations use different oxygen-saturation cut-offs (SpO2 <88%, <=90% or <91% on room air). This rule uses <88% (the source above) and a LOCAL respiratory-rate cut-off of 28/min as one sign of respiratory distress.

Effect if the clinician agrees (illustrative)

Change
remove J96.01
Secondary-diagnosis level
MCC → removed
MS-DRG (illustrative)
291 Heart failure and shock with MCC → 292 Heart failure and shock with CC
Relative weight
1.2838 → 0.8490 (-0.4348)
Codes before
I50.22, E66.01, J96.01, D62, I10, K21.9, E11.9
Codes after
I50.22, E66.01, D62, I10, K21.9, E11.9

All open gaps on this encounter together: MS-DRG 291 → 292 (RW -0.4348).

CC/MCC status, CC exclusions (subset) and relative weights from the public CMS FY2026 IPPS final rule tables (5, 6I, 6J, 6K). This is not a grouper and not a payment estimate. Queries never mention any of this.

Severity documentation index change SIMULATED

-1.0 points

SIMULATED: Illustrative severity weights (MCC = 1.0, CC = 0.5, non-CC = 0) summed over secondary diagnoses; not a validated risk-adjustment model and not a measured effect.

Evidence

Structured values are read by code from the cited rows. Note facts are shown only when the model's quote was found verbatim in the note.

Evidence (each item cited to a source row or a quoted span)
InputValueSource
Lowest SpO2 on room air (%) 93.0
SpO2 93% on room air · vital VIT-007849 · 2026-11-11 05:17
Highest respiratory rate (/min) 21.0
respiratory rate 21/min · vital VIT-007839 · 2026-11-09 13:17
Highest supplemental oxygen flow (L/min) 2.0
O2 2 L/min (nasal cannula) · vital VIT-007837 · 2026-11-09 05:22
Rule trace (inputs, thresholds, outcome)
Rule trace (rule respiratory_failure v2026.11-1; evaluated in order, first true outcome wins; "unknown" = missing input)
StepExpressionInputs and thresholds readResult
derived: measured present(spo2_min_ra) or present(pao2_min_ra) or present(pf_min) pao2_min_ra=unknown, pf_min=unknown, spo2_min_ra=93.0 true
derived: hypoxemia coalesce(spo2_min_ra < t.spo2_ra, false) or coalesce(pao2_min_ra < t.pao2, false) or coalesce(pf_min < t.pf, false) pao2_min_ra=unknown, pf_min=unknown, spo2_min_ra=93.0, t.pao2=60, t.pf=300, t.spo2_ra=88 false
derived: distress coalesce(rr_max >= t.rr_distress, false) or coalesce(wob_increased, false) or adv_resp_support adv_resp_support=False, rr_max=21.0, t.rr_distress=28, wob_increased=unknown false
outcome: chronic_baseline home_o2 and hypoxemia home_o2=False, hypoxemia=False false
outcome: met hypoxemia and distress distress=False, hypoxemia=False false
outcome: hypoxemia_only hypoxemia hypoxemia=False false
outcome: not_met measured and not hypoxemia and o2_max_lpm <= t.o2_low and not adv_resp_support adv_resp_support=False, hypoxemia=False, measured=True, o2_max_lpm=2.0, t.o2_low=2 true

Documentation query

Title and question drafted by model clockworks-mock (audit entry #2126); clinical indicators and answer options assembled by code from the rule and the record.

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DOCUMENTATION QUERY (draft)
Title: Clarification request: respiratory documentation
Encounter: ENC-00080   Patient: Priya Nakashima   To: Dr. Wes Merriweather

Clinical indicators from the health record:
- Documented in the record: "acute respiratory failure with hypoxia" [Progress note DOC-000276]
- SpO2 93% on room air (2026-11-11 05:17) [vital VIT-007849]
- respiratory rate 21/min (2026-11-09 13:17) [vital VIT-007839]
- O2 2 L/min (nasal cannula) (2026-11-09 05:22) [vital VIT-007837]

Question:
The indicators above are documented in this encounter. Could you clarify the status of the documented respiratory diagnosis?

Response options (select one or write your own):
( ) Acute respiratory failure with hypoxia: confirmed (please document the supporting clinical information)
( ) Acute respiratory failure with hypoxia: ruled out
( ) Other explanation of the clinical findings (please specify): ____________
( ) Unable to determine

Please respond based on your independent clinical judgement. Any response, including "unable to determine", is acceptable. This query and your response are kept as part of the health record.

Other findings on this encounter

History

Audit entries for this finding (newest first)
SeqWhen (UTC)ActorAction EntitiesDecision / reasonModel / hashes
2126 2026-11-14T20:57:24 system:llm
system
llm.call ENC-00080, ENC-00080.respiratory_failure — clockworks-mock mock-1/exactdx.draft_query@1
prompt 4b440c31629c
output 1d1d513022f3
entry 9049c3450b10
1300 2026-11-14T19:24:29 system:llm
system
llm.call ENC-00080, ENC-00080.respiratory_failure — clockworks-mock mock-1/exactdx.draft_query@1
prompt 4b440c31629c
output 1d1d513022f3
entry b721739a52fe
558 2026-11-14T18:29:05 system:llm
system
llm.call ENC-00080, ENC-00080.respiratory_failure — clockworks-mock mock-1/exactdx.draft_query@1
prompt 4b440c31629c
output 1d1d513022f3
entry 4c1e84728a05