This two-digit code identifies where the patient is at the conclusion of a healthcare facility encounter or at the end of a billing cycle (the 'through' date of a claim).
Value | Description | ||
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00 | Unknown Value (but present in data) | ||
01 | Discharged to home or /self - care (routine charge). | ||
02 | Discharged/transferred to another other short - term general hospital for inpatient care. | ||
03 | Discharged/transferred to skilled nursing facility (SNF) with Medicare certification in anticipation of covered skilled care -- (For hospitals with an approved swing bed arrangement, use Code 61 - swing bed. For reporting discharges/transfers to a non-certified SNF, the hospital must use Code 04 - ICF. | ||
04 | Discharged/transferred to nursing intermediate care facility (NFICF). | ||
05 | Discharged/transferred to another type of institution for inpatient care or referred for outpatient services to another institution(including distinct parts). NOTE: Effective 1/2005, psychiatric hospital or psychiatric distinct part unit of a hospital will no longer be identified by this code. New code is '65' | ||
06 | Discharged/transferred to home under care of organized home health service organization. | ||
07 | Left against medical advice or discontinued care. | ||
08 | Discharged/transferred to home under care of a Home home IV drug therapy provider. (discontinued effective 10/1/05) | ||
09 | Admitted as an inpatient to this hospital (effective 3/1/91). In situations where a patient is admitted before midnight of the third day following the day of an outpatient service, the outpatient services are considered inpatient. | ||
10 | Discharged state assigned | ||
11 | Discharged state assigned | ||
12 | Discharged state assigned | ||
13 | Discharged state assigned | ||
14 | Discharged state assigned | ||
15 | Discharged state assigned | ||
16 | Discharged state assigned | ||
17 | Discharged state assigned | ||
18 | Discharged state assigned | ||
19 | Discharged state assigned | ||
20 | Expired (did not recover - Christian Science patient). | ||
21 | Discharged/transferred to Court/Law Enforcement | ||
22 | Died state assigned | ||
23 | Died state assigned | ||
24 | Died state assigned | ||
25 | Died state assigned | ||
26 | Died state assigned | ||
27 | Died state assigned | ||
28 | Died state assigned | ||
29 | Died state assigned | ||
30 | Still patient | ||
31 | Admitted (First Interim Bill) | ||
32 | Still patient state assigned | ||
33 | Still patient state assigned | ||
34 | Still patient state assigned | ||
35 | Still patient state assigned | ||
36 | Still patient state assigned | ||
37 | Still patient state assigned | ||
38 | Still patient state assigned | ||
39 | Still patient | or expected to return for outpatient servicesstate assigned | |
40 | Expired at home (hospice claims only) | ||
41 | Expired in a medical facility such as hospital, SNF, ICF, or freestanding hospice. (Hospice claims only) | ||
42 | Expired | ,- place unknown (Hospice claims only) | |
43 | Discharged/transferred to a federal hospital (eff. 10/1/03) | ||
44 | National assignment | ||
45 | National assignment | ||
46 | National assignment | ||
47 | National assignment | ||
48 | National assignment | ||
49 | National assignment | ||
50 | Hospice | – home- home (eff. 10/96) | |
51 | Hospice | – medical facility- medical facility (eff. 10/96) | |
52 | National Assignment | ||
53 | National Assignment | ||
54 | National Assignment | ||
55 | National Assignment | ||
56 | National Assignment | ||
57 | National Assignment | ||
58 | National Assignment | ||
59 | National Assignment | ||
60 | National Assignment | ||
61 | Discharged/transferred within this institution to a hospital-based | ,Medicare | -approved swing bed (eff. 9/01) |
62 | Discharged/transferred to an inpatient rehabilitation facility | ,including distinct parts units of a hospital. (eff. 1/2002) | |
63 | DischargeDischarged/transferred to a long term care hospitals. (eff. 1/2002) | ||
64 | Discharged/transferred to a nursing facility certified under Medicaid but not under Medicare (eff. 10/2002) | ||
65 | Discharged/Transferred to a psychiatric hospital or psychiatric distinct unit of a hospital (these types of hospitals were pulled from patient/discharge status code '05' and given their own code). (eff. 1/2005). | ||
66 | Discharged/transferred to a Critical Access Hospital (CAH) (eff. 1/1/06) | ||
67 | National Assignment | ||
68 | National Assignment | ||
69 | Discharged/transferred to a designated disaster alternative care site (eff. 10/2013) | ||
70 | Discharged/transferred to another type of health care institution not defined elsewhere in code list. | ||
71 | Discharged/transferred/referred to another institution for outpatient services as specified by the discharge plan of care (eff. 9/01) (discontinued effective 10/1/05) | ||
72 | Discharged/transferred/referred to this institution for outpatient services as specified by the discharge plan of care (eff. 9/01) (discontinued effective 10/1/05) | ||
73 | National Assignment | ||
74 | National Assignment | ||
75 | National Assignment | ||
76 | National Assignment | ||
77 | National Assignment | ||
78 | National Assignment | ||
79 | National Assignment | ||
80 | National Assignment | ||
81 | Discharged to home or self-care with a planned acute care hospital readmission (eff. 10/2013) | ||
82 | Discharged/transferred to a short term general hospital for inpatient care with a planned acute care hospital | 64inpatient readmission (eff. 10/2013) | |
83 | Discharged/transferred to a skilled nursing facility (SNF) with Medicare certification with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission (eff. 10/2013) | ||
84 | Discharged/transferred to a facility that provides custodial or supportive care with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission (eff. 10/2013) | ||
85 | Discharged/transferred to a designated cancer center or childrenÆs hospital with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission (eff. 10/2013) | ||
86 | Discharged/transferred to home under care of organized home health service organization with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission (eff. 10/2013) | ||
87 | Discharged/transferred to court/law enforcement with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission (eff. 10/2013) | ||
88 | Discharged/transferred to a federal health care facility with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission (eff. 10/2013) | ||
89 | Discharged/transferred to a hospital-based Medicare approved swing bed with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission (eff. 10/2013) | ||
90 | Discharged/transferred to an inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) including rehabilitation distinct part units of a hospital with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission (eff. 10/2013) | ||
91 | Discharged/transferred to a Medicare certified long term care hospital (LTCH) with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission (eff. 10/2103) | ||
92 | Discharged/transferred to nursing facility certified under Medicaid but not certified under Medicare with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission (eff. 10/2013) | ||
93 | Discharged/transferred to a psychiatric hospital/distinct part unit of a hospital with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission (eff. 10/2013) | ||
94 | Discharged/transferred to a critical access hospital (CAH) with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission (eff. 10/2013) | ||
95 | Discharged/transferred to another type of health care institution not defined elsewhere in this code list with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission (eff. 10/2013) | ||
96 | National Assignment | ||
97 | National Assignment | ||
98 | National Assignment | ||
99 | National Assignment | ||
XX | Invalid Patient Status |