Sample Diagnoses Codes to Identify Patients Living with Serious Illness

Identifying people with potentially unmet palliative care needs is often a challenge, as
palliative care is needed by a broad range of diagnoses, often those with complex or
advanced stages of illness. This document can provide a starting point for a proactive
identification process using claims data. Diagnostic inclusion criteria helps to define a
population based on need, not prognosis.