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Definition for Code SystemAdmitSource
{
"resourceType" : "CodeSystem",
"id" : "encounter-admit-source",
"meta" : {
"lastUpdated" : "2022-05-28T12:47:40.239+10:00",
"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:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.1092"
}],
"version" : "4.3.0",
"name" : "AdmitSource",
"status" : "draft",
"experimental" : false,
"description" : "This codesystem defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate from where the patient came in.",
"caseSensitive" : true,
"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.