Change Request |
Reference: | Change Request 241 |
Version No: | 1.2 |
Subject: | DSCN 15/2002 |
Type of Change: | |
Effective Date: | 1 March 2002 |
Reason for Change: | Unclear definition |
The classification and code which should be used is '28 - Other means, including admitted from the ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT of another provider where they had not been admitted', and not '81 - Transfer of any admitted PATIENT from other HOSPITAL PROVIDER other than in an emergency'.
The description has been reordered to make this clear.
Summary of changes:Attribute Definitions | |
ADMISSION METHOD | Change to description |
Name: | Barbara Forgarty |
Date: | 15 November 2002 |
Sponsor: |
The method of admission to a HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL. A detailed definition of elective admission is given in ELECTIVE ADMISSION TYPE.
National Codes:
Elective admission, when the decision to admit could be separated in time from the actual admission: | |
11 | Waiting list |
12 | Booked |
13 | Planned |
Note that this does not include a transfer from another HOSPITAL PROVIDER (see 81 below). | |
Emergency admission, when admission is unpredictable and at short notice because of clinical need: | |
21 | Accident and emergency or dental casualty department of the HEALTH CARE PROVIDER |
22 | General practitioner: after a request for immediate admission has been made direct to a HOSPITAL PROVIDER, i.e. not through a Bed bureau, by a GENERAL PRACTITIONER or deputy |
23 | Bed bureau |
24 | Consultant clinic, of this or another HEALTH CARE PROVIDER |
28 | Other means, examples are: - admitted from the - transfer of an admitted - baby born at home as intended |
Maternity admission, of a pregnant or recently pregnant woman to a maternity ward (including delivery facilities) except when the intention is to terminate the pregnancy | |
31 | Admitted ante-partum |
32 | Admitted post-partum |
Other admission | |
82 | The birth of a baby in this HEALTH CARE PROVIDER |
83 | Baby born outside the HEALTH CARE PROVIDER except when born at home as intended. |
81 | Transfer of any admitted PATIENT from other HOSPITAL PROVIDER other than in an emergency |
Note: The classification has been listed in logical sequence rather than alphanumeric order.
Context | Alias |
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plural | ADMISSION METHODS |