Release 4

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Codesystem-encounter-admit-source.json

Patient Administration Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: Informative

Raw JSON (canonical form + also see JSON Format Specification)

Definition for Code System AdmitSource

{
  "resourceType" : "CodeSystem",
  "id" : "encounter-admit-source",
  "meta" : {
    "lastUpdated" : "2019-11-01T09:29:23.356+11:00",
    "profile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablecodesystem"]
  },
  "text" : {
    "status" : "generated",
    "div" : "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"
  },
  "extension" : [{
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
    "valueCode" : "pa"
  }],
  "url" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/admit-source",
  "identifier" : [{
    "system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
    "value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.1092"
  }],
  "version" : "4.0.1",
  "name" : "AdmitSource",
  "title" : "Admit source",
  "status" : "draft",
  "experimental" : false,
  "publisher" : "FHIR Project team",
  "contact" : [{
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://hl7.org/fhir"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "This value set defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate from where the patient came in.",
  "caseSensitive" : true,
  "valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/encounter-admit-source",
  "content" : "complete",
  "concept" : [{
    "code" : "hosp-trans",
    "display" : "Transferred from other hospital",
    "definition" : "The Patient has been transferred from another hospital for this encounter."
  },
  {
    "code" : "emd",
    "display" : "From accident/emergency department",
    "definition" : "The patient has been transferred from the emergency department within the hospital. This is typically used in the transition to an inpatient encounter"
  },
  {
    "code" : "outp",
    "display" : "From outpatient department",
    "definition" : "The patient has been transferred from an outpatient department within the hospital."
  },
  {
    "code" : "born",
    "display" : "Born in hospital",
    "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)"
  },
  {
    "code" : "gp",
    "display" : "General Practitioner referral",
    "definition" : "The patient has been admitted due to a referred from a General Practitioner."
  },
  {
    "code" : "mp",
    "display" : "Medical Practitioner/physician referral",
    "definition" : "The patient has been admitted due to a referred from a Specialist (as opposed to a General Practitioner)."
  },
  {
    "code" : "nursing",
    "display" : "From nursing home",
    "definition" : "The patient has been transferred from a nursing home."
  },
  {
    "code" : "psych",
    "display" : "From psychiatric hospital",
    "definition" : "The patient has been transferred from a psychiatric facility."
  },
  {
    "code" : "rehab",
    "display" : "From rehabilitation facility",
    "definition" : "The patient has been transferred from a rehabilitation facility or clinic."
  },
  {
    "code" : "other",
    "display" : "Other",
    "definition" : "The patient has been admitted from a source otherwise not specified here."
  }]
}

Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.