A 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 to 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. |