Code indicating the source of the admission. 0 = No definition available 1 = Non-Health Care Facility Point of Origin: The patient was admitted to this facility upon an order of a physician. 2 = Clinic: The patient was admitted to this facility as a transfer from a freestanding or non-freestanding clinic. 3 = Reserved for assignment by NUBC: 4 = Transfer from a Hospital: The patient was admitted to this facility as a hospital transfer from an acute care facility where he or she was an inpatient or outpatient. 5 = Transfer from a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) or Intermediate Care Facility (ICF): The patient was admitted to this facility as a transfer from a SNF or ICF where he or she was a resident. 6 = Transfer from another Health Care Facility: The patient was admitted t this facility as a transfer from another type of health care facility not defined elsewhere in this code list. 7 = Emergency Room: The patient was admitted to this facility upon the recommendation of this facility’s emergency room department. 8 = Court/Law Enforcement: The patient was admitted to this facility upon the direction of a court of law, or upon the request of a law enforcement agency representative. 9 = Information not available: The means by which the patient was admitted to this hospital is not known. D = Inpatient transfers within the same facility: The patient was transferred from a separate unit of a hospital to another unit of the same hospital which results in separate claim to the payers. E = Transfer from Ambulatory Surgery Center: The patient was admitted to this facility as a transfer from an ambulatory surgery center.
Code Structure for Newborn (4) - If Type of Admission is a 4, the following codes apply: 1-4 = Reserved for assignment by the NUBC. 5 = A baby born inside this Hospital. 6 = A baby born outside this Hospital. See SOURCE_ADMIT_NEWBORN.
NOTE: Other values exist but no definition is available. |
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