4.4.1.341 Value Set http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/encounter-admit-source

Patient Administration

Work Group

Maturity Level: 0

Informative

Use Context: Any

This is a value set defined by the FHIR project.

Summary

Defining URL:

http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/encounter-admit-source

Version:

4.1.0

Name:

AdmitSource

Title:

Definition:

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

Committee:

Patient Administration

Work Group

OID:

2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.257 (for OID based terminology systems)

Source Resource

XML / JSON

This value set is used in the following places:

Resource: Encounter.hospitalization.admitSource (CodeableConcept / Preferred)

4.4.1.341.1 Content Logical Definition

Include all codes defined in http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/admit-source

4.4.1.341.2 Expansion

This expansion generated 11 Mar 2021

This value set contains 10 concepts

Expansion based on AdmitSource v4.1.0 (CodeSystem)

All codes from system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/admit-source

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.

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Comments

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