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4.4.1.18 4.4.1.20 Value Set http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/encounter-discharge-disposition

Patient Administration Work Group   Maturity Level : 1 Draft Use Context : Any Not Intended for Production use

This is a value set defined by the FHIR project.

Summary

Defining URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/encounter-discharge-disposition
Version: 4.0.1 5.0.0-snapshot1
Name: DischargeDisposition
Title: Discharge disposition
Definition:

This value set defines a set of codes that can be used to where the patient left the hospital.

Committee: Patient Administration Work Group
OID: 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.259 (for OID based terminology systems)
Source Resource XML / JSON

This value set is used in the following places:

4.4.1.18.1 4.4.1.20.1 Content Logical Definition

This value set includes codes from the following code systems:

 

4.4.1.18.2 4.4.1.20.2 Expansion

This expansion generated 01 Nov 2019 19 Dec 2021

This value set contains 11 concepts

Expansion based on http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/discharge-disposition version 4.0.1 Discharge disposition v0.1.0 (CodeSystem)

All codes in this table are from the system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/discharge-disposition

Code Display Definition
home Home The patient was dicharged and has indicated that they are going to return home afterwards.
alt-home Alternative home The patient was discharged and has indicated that they are going to return home afterwards, but not the patient's home - e.g. a family member's home.
other-hcf Other healthcare facility The patient was transferred to another healthcare facility.
hosp Hospice The patient has been discharged into palliative care.
long Long-term care The patient has been discharged into long-term care where is likely to be monitored through an ongoing episode-of-care.
aadvice Left against advice The patient self discharged against medical advice.
exp Expired The patient has deceased during this encounter.
psy Psychiatric hospital The patient has been transferred to a psychiatric facility.
rehab Rehabilitation The patient was discharged and is to receive post acute care rehabilitation services.
snf Skilled nursing facility The patient has been discharged to a skilled nursing facility for the patient to receive additional care.
oth Other The discharge disposition has not otherwise defined.

 

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