Encounter
Class Discharge

The release of a patient from a course of care.

Attributes
«TS» PointInTime date date

"This field contains the discharge date/time. It is to be used if the event date/time is different than the discharge date and time, that is, a retroactive update. This field is also used to reflect the date/time of an outpatient/emergency patient discharge." - HL7 Version 2.8, PV1-45
"Discharge date." - PCORnet Common Data Model, Encounter.Discharge_Date
"Discharge time." - PCORnet Common Data Model, Encounter.Discharge_Time

DiagnosisListEntry dischargeDiagnosis dischargeDiagnosis

The diagnosis(es) determined to be the reason for hospitalization at the time of discharge (this may be the same or different from the hospital admission diagnosis (added for Transition of Care).

ServiceDeliveryLocation dischargeFromLocation dischargeFromLocation

"This field contains the patient's initial assigned location or the location to which the patient is being moved. The first component may be the nursing station for inpatient locations, or clinic or department, for locations other than inpatient. For canceling a transaction or discharging a patient, the current location (after the cancellation event or before the discharge event) should be in this field." - HL7 Version 2.8, PV1-3

ServiceDeliveryLocation dischargeToLocation dischargeToLocation

"Indicates the healthcare facility to which the patient was discharged and the date." - HL7 Version 2.8, PV1-37
"Location/organization to which the patient is discharged." - HL7 FHIR, Encounter.hospitalization.destination

«CS» Code disposition disposition

"Contains the disposition of the patient at time of discharge (i.e., discharged to home, expired, etc.). ...use the Official Uniform Billing (UB) 04 2008 numeric codes found on form locator 17." - HL7 Version 2.8, PV1-36. Note that while the encounter is still "active" (i.e., the encounter does not have an end date yet) this attribute should be interpreted as the expected discharge disposition. When the encounter is "completed" this attribute contains the actual discharge disposition.
"Category or kind of location after discharge." - HL7 FHIR, Encounter.hospitalization.dischargeDisposition
"Vital status at discharge." - PCORnet Common Data Model, Encounter.Discharge_Disposition. Possible values include: Discharged alive; Expired; No information; Unknown; Other.
"Discharge status." - PCORnet Common Data Model, Encounter.Discharge_Status. Possible values include: Adult Foster Home; Assisted Living Facility; Against Medical Advice; Absent without leave; Expired; Home Health; Home/Self Care; Hospice; Other Acute Inpatient Hospital; Nursing Home (Includes ICF); Rehabilitation Facility; Residential Facility; Still In Hospital; Skilled Nursing Facility; No information; Unknown; Other.

Boolean needOutpatientFollowup needOutpatientFollowup

Properties:

Alias
Classifier Behavior
Is Abstractfalse
Is Activefalse
Is Leaffalse
Keywords
NameDischarge
Name Expression
NamespaceEncounter
Owned Template Signature
OwnerEncounter
Owning Template Parameter
PackageEncounter
Qualified NameFHIM::Encounter::Discharge
Representation
Stereotype
Template Parameter
VisibilityPublic

Attribute Details

 date
Public «TS» PointInTime date

"This field contains the discharge date/time. It is to be used if the event date/time is different than the discharge date and time, that is, a retroactive update. This field is also used to reflect the date/time of an outpatient/emergency patient discharge." - HL7 Version 2.8, PV1-45
"Discharge date." - PCORnet Common Data Model, Encounter.Discharge_Date
"Discharge time." - PCORnet Common Data Model, Encounter.Discharge_Time

Constraints:
Properties:

AggregationNone
Alias
Association
Association End
ClassDischarge
Datatype
Default
Default Value
Is Compositefalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Derived Unionfalse
Is Leaffalse
Is Orderedfalse
Is Read Onlyfalse
Is Staticfalse
Is Uniquetrue
Keywords
Lower0
Lower Value(0)
Multiplicity0..1
Namedate
Name Expression
NamespaceDischarge
Opposite
OwnerDischarge
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified NameFHIM::Encounter::Discharge::date
Stereotype
Template Parameter
Type«TS» PointInTime
Upper1
Upper Value(1)
VisibilityPublic


 dischargeDiagnosis
Public DiagnosisListEntry dischargeDiagnosis

The diagnosis(es) determined to be the reason for hospitalization at the time of discharge (this may be the same or different from the hospital admission diagnosis (added for Transition of Care).

Constraints:
Properties:

AggregationNone
Alias
Associationdischarge_diagnosis
Association End
ClassDischarge
Datatype
Default
Default Value
Is Compositefalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Derived Unionfalse
Is Leaffalse
Is Orderedfalse
Is Read Onlyfalse
Is Staticfalse
Is Uniquetrue
Keywords
Lower0
Lower Value(0)
Multiplicity*
NamedischargeDiagnosis
Name Expression
NamespaceDischarge
Opposite
OwnerDischarge
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified NameFHIM::Encounter::Discharge::dischargeDiagnosis
Stereotype
Template Parameter
TypeDiagnosisListEntry
Upper*
Upper Value(*)
VisibilityPublic


 dischargeFromLocation
Public ServiceDeliveryLocation dischargeFromLocation

"This field contains the patient's initial assigned location or the location to which the patient is being moved. The first component may be the nursing station for inpatient locations, or clinic or department, for locations other than inpatient. For canceling a transaction or discharging a patient, the current location (after the cancellation event or before the discharge event) should be in this field." - HL7 Version 2.8, PV1-3

Constraints:
Properties:

AggregationNone
Alias
Association
Association End
ClassDischarge
Datatype
Default
Default Value
Is Compositefalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Derived Unionfalse
Is Leaffalse
Is Orderedfalse
Is Read Onlyfalse
Is Staticfalse
Is Uniquetrue
Keywords
Lower1
Lower Value(1)
Multiplicity1
NamedischargeFromLocation
Name Expression
NamespaceDischarge
Opposite
OwnerDischarge
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified NameFHIM::Encounter::Discharge::dischargeFromLocation
Stereotype
Template Parameter
TypeServiceDeliveryLocation
Upper1
Upper Value(1)
VisibilityPublic


 dischargeToLocation
Public ServiceDeliveryLocation dischargeToLocation

"Indicates the healthcare facility to which the patient was discharged and the date." - HL7 Version 2.8, PV1-37
"Location/organization to which the patient is discharged." - HL7 FHIR, Encounter.hospitalization.destination

Constraints:
Properties:

AggregationNone
Alias
Association
Association End
ClassDischarge
Datatype
Default
Default Value
Is Compositefalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Derived Unionfalse
Is Leaffalse
Is Orderedfalse
Is Read Onlyfalse
Is Staticfalse
Is Uniquetrue
Keywords
Lower1
Lower Value(1)
Multiplicity1
NamedischargeToLocation
Name Expression
NamespaceDischarge
Opposite
OwnerDischarge
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified NameFHIM::Encounter::Discharge::dischargeToLocation
Stereotype
Template Parameter
TypeServiceDeliveryLocation
Upper1
Upper Value(1)
VisibilityPublic


 disposition
Public «CS» Code disposition

"Contains the disposition of the patient at time of discharge (i.e., discharged to home, expired, etc.). ...use the Official Uniform Billing (UB) 04 2008 numeric codes found on form locator 17." - HL7 Version 2.8, PV1-36. Note that while the encounter is still "active" (i.e., the encounter does not have an end date yet) this attribute should be interpreted as the expected discharge disposition. When the encounter is "completed" this attribute contains the actual discharge disposition.
"Category or kind of location after discharge." - HL7 FHIR, Encounter.hospitalization.dischargeDisposition
"Vital status at discharge." - PCORnet Common Data Model, Encounter.Discharge_Disposition. Possible values include: Discharged alive; Expired; No information; Unknown; Other.
"Discharge status." - PCORnet Common Data Model, Encounter.Discharge_Status. Possible values include: Adult Foster Home; Assisted Living Facility; Against Medical Advice; Absent without leave; Expired; Home Health; Home/Self Care; Hospice; Other Acute Inpatient Hospital; Nursing Home (Includes ICF); Rehabilitation Facility; Residential Facility; Still In Hospital; Skilled Nursing Facility; No information; Unknown; Other.

Constraints:
Properties:

AggregationNone
Alias
Association
Association End
ClassDischarge
Datatype
Default
Default Value
Is Compositefalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Derived Unionfalse
Is Leaffalse
Is Orderedfalse
Is Read Onlyfalse
Is Staticfalse
Is Uniquetrue
Keywords
Lower0
Lower Value(0)
Multiplicity0..1
Namedisposition
Name Expression
NamespaceDischarge
Opposite
OwnerDischarge
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified NameFHIM::Encounter::Discharge::disposition
Stereotype
Template Parameter
Type«CS» Code
Upper1
Upper Value(1)
VisibilityPublic


 needOutpatientFollowup
Public Boolean needOutpatientFollowup
Constraints:
Properties:

AggregationNone
Alias
Association
Association End
ClassDischarge
Datatype
Default
Default Value
Is Compositefalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Derived Unionfalse
Is Leaffalse
Is Orderedfalse
Is Read Onlyfalse
Is Staticfalse
Is Uniquetrue
Keywords
Lower0
Lower Value(0)
Multiplicity0..1
NameneedOutpatientFollowup
Name Expression
NamespaceDischarge
Opposite
OwnerDischarge
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified NameFHIM::Encounter::Discharge::needOutpatientFollowup
Stereotype
Template Parameter
TypeBoolean
Upper1
Upper Value(1)
VisibilityPublic