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: Admit source - XML Representation

Draft as of 2023-07-17

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<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="admit-source"/>
  <meta>
    <lastUpdated value="2020-04-09T21:10:28.568+00:00"/>
    <profile
             value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablecodesystem"/>
  </meta>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This code system <code>http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/admit-source</code> 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="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="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="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="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="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="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="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="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="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="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:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.1092"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="0.1.0"/>
  <name value="AdmitSource"/>
  <title value="Admit source"/>
  <status value="draft"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2023-07-17T22:16:15-06:00"/>
  <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://terminology.hl7.org/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>