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Generated Narrative: CodeSystem admit-source

Last updated: 2024-04-24 00:00:00+0000; Language: en

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This case-sensitive code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/admit-source defines the following codes:

Code | Display | Definition
hosp-trans | Transferred from other hospital | The Patient has been transferred from another hospital for this encounter.
emd | From accident/emergency department | The patient has been transferred from the emergency department within the hospital. This is typically used in the transition to an inpatient encounter
outp | From outpatient department | The patient has been transferred from an outpatient department within the hospital.
born | Born in hospital | The patient is a newborn and the encounter will track the baby related activities (as opposed to the Mothers encounter - that may be associated using the newborn encounters partof property)
gp | General Practitioner referral | The patient has been admitted due to a referred from a General Practitioner.
mp | Medical Practitioner/physician referral | The patient has been admitted due to a referred from a Specialist (as opposed to a General Practitioner).
nursing | From nursing home | The patient has been transferred from a nursing home.
psych | From psychiatric hospital | The patient has been transferred from a psychiatric facility.
rehab | From rehabilitation facility | The patient has been transferred from a rehabilitation facility or clinic.
other | Other | The patient has been admitted from a source otherwise not specified here.

# description
This value set defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate from where the patient came in.

# copyright
This material derives from the HL7 Terminology (THO). THO is copyright ©1989+ Health Level Seven International and is made available under the CC0 designation. For more licensing information see: https://terminology.hl7.org/license

# concept[].definition
The Patient has been transferred from another hospital for this encounter.

# concept[].definition
The patient has been transferred from the emergency department within the hospital. This is typically used in the transition to an inpatient encounter

# concept[].definition
The patient has been transferred from an outpatient department within the hospital.

# concept[].definition
The patient is a newborn and the encounter will track the baby related activities (as opposed to the Mothers encounter - that may be associated using the newborn encounters partof property)

# concept[].definition
The patient has been admitted due to a referred from a General Practitioner.

# concept[].definition
The patient has been admitted due to a referred from a Specialist (as opposed to a General Practitioner).

# concept[].definition
The patient has been transferred from a nursing home.

# concept[].definition
The patient has been transferred from a psychiatric facility.

# concept[].definition
The patient has been transferred from a rehabilitation facility or clinic.

# concept[].definition
The patient has been admitted from a source otherwise not specified here.