ED016

Patient Status. A code indicating patient status at the time of discharge. It is the arrangement or event ending a patient’s stay in the hospital. 

01 = Discharged to home or self care (Routine Discharge) — includes discharges to home; home on oxygen if DME only; any other DME only; group home, foster care, independent living and other residential care arrangements; outpatient programs, such as partial hospitalization or outpatient chemical dependency programs.

02 = Discharged/transferred to a Short-Term General Hospital for inpatient care

03 = Discharge/transferred to Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) with Medicare Certification in Anticipation of Skilled Care-Indicates that the patient is discharged/transferred to a Medicare certified nursing facility. For hospitals with an approved swing bed arrangement, use Code 61—Swing Bed. For reporting other discharges/transfers to nursing facilities see 04 and 64.

04 = Discharge/transferred to an Intermediate Care Facility (ICF) — typically defined at the state level for specifically designated intermediate care facilities. Also, used to designate patients who are discharged/transferred to a nursing facility with neither Medicare nor Medicaid certification and for discharges/transfers to state designated Assisted Living Facilities.

05 = Discharge/transferred to Designated Cancer Center or Children’s Hospital.

06 = Discharge/transferred to Home Under Care of Organized Home Health Service Organization in Anticipation of Covered Skilled Care.

07 = Left Against Medical Advice or Discontinued Care.

09 = Admitted as an inpatient to this Hospital-Use only with Medicare outpatient claims. Applies only to those Medicare outpatient services that begin more than three days prior to an admission.

20 = Expired.

21 = Discharged/transferred to Court/Law Enforcement — includes transfers to incarceration facilities such as jail, prison, or other detention facilities.

30 = Still a patient in the hospital.

40 = Expired at home (hospice claims only).

41 = Expired in a Medical Facility — hospital, skilled nursing facility, intermediate care facility, or freestanding hospice (hospice claims only).

42 = Expired — place unknown (hospice claims only).

43 = Discharge/transferred to a Federal Health Care Facility — e.g., Department of Defense hospital, a VA hospital, or a VA nursing facility.

50 = Hospice — home.

51 = Hospice — medical facility.

61 = Discharged/transferred to a hospital-based (Medicare approved) swing bed — for Medicare discharges; use for reporting patients discharged/transferred to a SNF level of care within the hospital’s approved swing bed arrangement.

62 = Discharged/transferred to an Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) including Rehabilitation Distinct Part Units of a Hospital.

63 = Discharged/transferred to a Long Term Care Hospital (LTCH).

64 = Discharged/transferred to a Nursing Facility Certified under Medicaid but not Certified under Medicare.

65 = Discharged/transferred to a Psychiatric Hospital or Psychiatric Distinct Part Unit of a hospital.

66 = Discharged/transferred to a Critical Access Hospital (CAH).

67-69 = Reserved for Assignment by the NUBC.

70 = Discharged/transferred to another Type of Health Care Institution not Defined Elsewhere in this Code List.

71-99 = Reserved for Assignment by the NUBC.

NOTE: Other values exist but no definition is available.