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Codesystem-encounter-admit-source.xml

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Definition for Code System AdmitSource

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="encounter-admit-source"/> 
  <meta> 
    <lastUpdated value="2021-01-21T15:34:20.265+00:00"/> 
    <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablecodesystem"/> 
  </meta> 
  <text> 
    <status value="generated"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <h2> Admit source</h2> 
      <div> 
        <p> This value set defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate from where the patient
           came in.</p> 

      </div> 
      <p> This code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/admit-source defines the following
         codes:</p> 
      <table class="codes">
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">
            <b> Code</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Display</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Definition</b> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">hosp-trans
            <a name="encounter-admit-source-hosp-trans"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Transferred from other hospital</td> 
          <td> The Patient has been transferred from another hospital for this encounter.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">emd
            <a name="encounter-admit-source-emd"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> From accident/emergency department</td> 
          <td> The patient has been transferred from the emergency department within the hospital. This
             is typically used in the transition to an inpatient encounter</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">outp
            <a name="encounter-admit-source-outp"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> From outpatient department</td> 
          <td> The patient has been transferred from an outpatient department within the hospital.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">born
            <a name="encounter-admit-source-born"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Born in hospital</td> 
          <td> 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)</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">gp
            <a name="encounter-admit-source-gp"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> General Practitioner referral</td> 
          <td> The patient has been admitted due to a referred from a General Practitioner.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">mp
            <a name="encounter-admit-source-mp"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Medical Practitioner/physician referral</td> 
          <td> The patient has been admitted due to a referred from a Specialist (as opposed to a General
             Practitioner).</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">nursing
            <a name="encounter-admit-source-nursing"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> From nursing home</td> 
          <td> The patient has been transferred from a nursing home.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">psych
            <a name="encounter-admit-source-psych"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> From psychiatric hospital</td> 
          <td> The patient has been transferred from a psychiatric facility.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">rehab
            <a name="encounter-admit-source-rehab"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> From rehabilitation facility</td> 
          <td> The patient has been transferred from a rehabilitation facility or clinic.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">other
            <a name="encounter-admit-source-other"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Other</td> 
          <td> The patient has been admitted from a source otherwise not specified here.</td> 
        </tr> 
      </table> 
    </div> 
  </text> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="pa"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/admit-source"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.1092"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="4.0.1"/> 
  <name value="AdmitSource"/> 
  <title value="Admit source"/> 
  <status value="draft"/> 
  <experimental value="false"/> 
  <publisher value="FHIR Project team"/> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <description value="This value set defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate from where the patient
   came in."/> 
  <caseSensitive value="true"/> 
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/encounter-admit-source"/> 
  <content value="complete"/> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="hosp-trans"/> 
    <display value="Transferred from other hospital"/> 
    <definition value="The Patient has been transferred from another hospital for this encounter."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="emd"/> 
    <display value="From accident/emergency department"/> 
    <definition value="The patient has been transferred from the emergency department within the hospital. This
     is typically used in the transition to an inpatient encounter"/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="outp"/> 
    <display value="From outpatient department"/> 
    <definition value="The patient has been transferred from an outpatient department within the hospital."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="born"/> 
    <display value="Born in hospital"/> 
    <definition value="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> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="gp"/> 
    <display value="General Practitioner referral"/> 
    <definition value="The patient has been admitted due to a referred from a General Practitioner."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="mp"/> 
    <display value="Medical Practitioner/physician referral"/> 
    <definition value="The patient has been admitted due to a referred from a Specialist (as opposed to a General
     Practitioner)."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="nursing"/> 
    <display value="From nursing home"/> 
    <definition value="The patient has been transferred from a nursing home."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="psych"/> 
    <display value="From psychiatric hospital"/> 
    <definition value="The patient has been transferred from a psychiatric facility."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="rehab"/> 
    <display value="From rehabilitation facility"/> 
    <definition value="The patient has been transferred from a rehabilitation facility or clinic."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="other"/> 
    <display value="Other"/> 
    <definition value="The patient has been admitted from a source otherwise not specified here."/> 
  </concept> 
</CodeSystem> 

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.