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Patient Administration Work Group | Maturity Level: 1 | Draft | Use Context: Not Intended for Production use |
This is a value set defined by the FHIR project.
Summary
Defining URL: | http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/encounter-discharge-disposition |
Version: | 3.5.0 |
Name: | DischargeDisposition |
Title: | Discharge disposition |
Definition: | This value set defines a set of codes that can be used to where the patient left the hospital. |
Committee: | Patient Administration Work Group |
OID: | 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.259 (for OID based terminology systems) |
Source Resource | XML / JSON |
This value set is used in the following places:
This value set includes codes from the following code systems:
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/discharge-disposition
This expansion generated 19 Aug 2018
This value set contains 11 concepts
Expansion based on http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/discharge-disposition version 3.5.0
All codes from system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/discharge-disposition
Code | Display | Definition |
home | Home | The patient was dicharged and has indicated that they are going to return home afterwards. |
alt-home | Alternative home | The patient was discharged and has indicated that they are going to return home afterwards, but not the patient's home - e.g. a family member's home. |
other-hcf | Other healthcare facility | The patient was transferred to another healthcare facility. |
hosp | Hospice | The patient has been discharged into palliative care. |
long | Long-term care | The patient has been discharged into long-term care where is likely to be monitored through an ongoing episode-of-care. |
aadvice | Left against advice | The patient self discharged against medical advice. |
exp | Expired | The patient has deceased during this encounter. |
psy | Psychiatric hospital | The patient has been transferred to a psychiatric facility. |
rehab | Rehabilitation | The patient was discharged and is to receive post acute care rehabilitation services. |
snf | Skilled nursing facility | The patient has been discharged to a skilled nursing facility for the patient to receive additional care. |
oth | Other | The discharge disposition has not otherwise defined. |
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Explanation of the columns that may appear on this page:
Lvl | A few code lists that FHIR defines are hierarchical - each code is assigned a level. For value sets, levels are mostly used to organize codes for user convenience, but may follow code system hierarchy - see Code System for further information |
Source | The source of the definition of the code (when the value set draws in codes defined elsewhere) |
Code | The code (used as the code in the resource instance). If the code is in italics, this indicates that the code is not selectable ('Abstract') |
Display | The display (used in the display element of a Coding). If there is no display, implementers should not simply display the code, but map the concept into their application |
Definition | An explanation of the meaning of the concept |
Comments | Additional notes about how to use the code |