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4.3.1.252 4.4.1.401 Value Set ValueSet http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/encounter-admit-source

  Maturity Level : 2
Responsible Owner: Patient Administration icon Work Group Informative Normative Use Context : Not Intended for Production use Country: World
This is a value set defined by the FHIR project. Summary
  • Defining URL: Narrative http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/encounter-admit-source
  • XML Name:
  • AdmitSource JSON
  • Definition: TTL This value set defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate from where the patient came in.
OID:
Official URL : Committee: http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/encounter-admit-source Work Group Version : 6.0.0-ballot3
active as of 2025-12-17 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.252 (for OID based terminology systems) Computable Name : AdmitSource
Source Resource Flags : XML / JSON OID : 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.257

This value set is used in the following places:

4.3.1.252.1 4.4.1.401.1 Content Logical Definition

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

4.4.1.401.2 Content Logical Definition

Generated Narrative: ValueSet encounter-admit-source

Last updated: 2025-12-17T09:50:17.012Z

 

4.3.1.252.2 4.4.1.401.3 Expansion

This expansion generated 19 Apr 2017 17 Dec 2025

ValueSet This value set contains 10 concepts

Expansion performed internally based on http://hl7.org/fhir/admit-source version 3.0.2 All codes from system http://hl7.org/fhir/admit-source codesystem Admit source v1.0.1 (CodeSystem) icon

This value set contains 10 concepts

System Code Display Definition
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/admit-source    hosp-trans icon Transferred from other hospital The Patient has been transferred from another hospital for this encounter.
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/admit-source    emd icon 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
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/admit-source    outp icon From outpatient department The patient has been transferred from an outpatient department within the hospital.
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/admit-source    born icon 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)
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/admit-source    gp icon General Practitioner referral The patient has been admitted due to a referred from a General Practitioner.
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/admit-source    mp icon Medical Practitioner/physician referral The patient has been admitted due to a referred from a Specialist (as opposed to a General Practitioner).
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/admit-source    nursing icon From nursing home The patient has been transferred from a nursing home.
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/admit-source    psych icon From psychiatric hospital The patient has been transferred from a psychiatric facility.
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/admit-source    rehab icon From rehabilitation facility The patient has been transferred from a rehabilitiation rehabilitation facility or clinic.
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/admit-source    other icon Other The patient has been admitted from a source otherwise not specified here.

 

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Source The source of the definition of the code (when the value set draws in codes defined elsewhere)
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