Encounter
Class Admission

The act of admitting a Patient into a facility or program.
Admission: "A full stay. The formal acceptance by a hospital or other inpatient health care facility of a patient who is to be provided with room, board, and continuous nursing service in an area of the hospital or facility where patients generally reside at least overnight." - Mosby's Dental Dictionary.

Attributes
«TS» PointInTime admissionDate admissionDate

"This field contains the admit date/time. It is to be used if the event date/time is different than the admit date and time, i.e., a retroactive update. This field is also used to reflect the date/time of an outpatient/emergency patient registration." - HL7 Version 2.8, PV1-44
"Encounter or admission date." - PCORnet Common Data Model, Encounter.Admit_Date
"Encounter or admission time." - PCORnet Common Data Model, Encounter.Admit_Time

DiagnosisListEntry admissionDiagnosis admissionDiagnosis

The diagnosis(es) that was or were the reason for hospitalization at the time of hospitalization (added for Transition of Care).

«CS» Code admissionLevelOfCare admissionLevelOfCare

"Indicates the acuity level assigned to the patient at the time of admission." - HL7 Version 2.8, PV2-40. Possible values include (from HL7 Table 432): Acute; Chronic; Comatose; Critical; Improved; Moribund.

String admissionReason admissionReason

"Contains the short description of the reason for patient admission." - HL7 Version 2.8, PV2-3

«CS» Code admissionSource admissionSource

"Indicates where the patient was admitted.... In the US, this field should use the Official Uniform Billing (UB) 04 2008 numeric codes found on form locator 15 [which is] the Point of Origin for Admission or Visit." - HL7 Version 2.8, PV1-14.
"From where patient was admitted (physician referral, transfer)." - HL7 FHIR, Encounter.hospitalization.admitSource
"Admitting source" - PCORnet Common Data Model, Encounter.Admitting_Source. Possible values include: Adult Foster Home; Assisted Living Facility; Ambulatory Visit; Emergency Department; Home Health; Home/Self Care; Hospice; Other Acute Inpatient Hospital; Nursing Home (Includes ICF); Rehabilitation Facility; Residential Facility; Skilled Nursing Facility; Intra-hospital; No information; Unknown; Other.

«CS» Code admissionType admissionType

"Indicates the circumstances under which the patient was or will be admitted. ...use the official Universal Billing (UB) 04 2008 numeric codes found on form locator 14." - HL7 Version 2.8, PV1-4. Possible values include (from HL7 Table 7: Accident; Emergency;
Labor and Delivery; Routine; Newborn (Birth in healthcare facility); Urgent; Elective.

DiagnosisRelatedGroup diagnosisRelatedGroup diagnosisRelatedGroup

Pointer to the Diagnosis Related Group(s) for which the Patient was admitted.
"3-digit Diagnosis Related Group (DRG). The DRG is used for reimbursement for inpatient encounters. It is a Medicare requirement that combines diagnoses into clinical concepts for billing. Frequently used in observational data analyses." - PCORnet Common Data Model, Encounter.DRG.
"DRG code version" - PCORnet Common Data Model, Encounter.DRG_Type. Possible values include: CMS-DRG (old system); MS-DRG (current system); No information; Unknown; Other.

ServiceDeliveryLocation origin origin

Pointer to the location where the patient was before the admission.
"The location/organization from which the patient came before admission." - HL7 FHIR, Encounter.hospitalization.origin


Properties:

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

Attribute Details

 admissionDate
Public «TS» PointInTime admissionDate

"This field contains the admit date/time. It is to be used if the event date/time is different than the admit date and time, i.e., a retroactive update. This field is also used to reflect the date/time of an outpatient/emergency patient registration." - HL7 Version 2.8, PV1-44
"Encounter or admission date." - PCORnet Common Data Model, Encounter.Admit_Date
"Encounter or admission time." - PCORnet Common Data Model, Encounter.Admit_Time

Constraints:
Properties:

AggregationNone
Alias
Association
Association End
ClassAdmission
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
NameadmissionDate
Name Expression
NamespaceAdmission
Opposite
OwnerAdmission
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified NameFHIM::Encounter::Admission::admissionDate
Stereotype
Template Parameter
Type«TS» PointInTime
Upper1
Upper Value(1)
VisibilityPublic


 admissionDiagnosis
Public DiagnosisListEntry admissionDiagnosis

The diagnosis(es) that was or were the reason for hospitalization at the time of hospitalization (added for Transition of Care).

Constraints:
Properties:

AggregationNone
Alias
Associationadmission_diagnosis
Association End
ClassAdmission
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*
NameadmissionDiagnosis
Name Expression
NamespaceAdmission
Opposite
OwnerAdmission
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified NameFHIM::Encounter::Admission::admissionDiagnosis
Stereotype
Template Parameter
TypeDiagnosisListEntry
Upper*
Upper Value(*)
VisibilityPublic


 admissionLevelOfCare
Public «CS» Code admissionLevelOfCare

"Indicates the acuity level assigned to the patient at the time of admission." - HL7 Version 2.8, PV2-40. Possible values include (from HL7 Table 432): Acute; Chronic; Comatose; Critical; Improved; Moribund.

Constraints:
Properties:

AggregationNone
Alias
Association
Association End
ClassAdmission
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
NameadmissionLevelOfCare
Name Expression
NamespaceAdmission
Opposite
OwnerAdmission
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified NameFHIM::Encounter::Admission::admissionLevelOfCare
Stereotype
Template Parameter
Type«CS» Code
Upper1
Upper Value(1)
VisibilityPublic


 admissionReason
Public String admissionReason

"Contains the short description of the reason for patient admission." - HL7 Version 2.8, PV2-3

Constraints:
Properties:

AggregationNone
Alias
Association
Association End
ClassAdmission
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
NameadmissionReason
Name Expression
NamespaceAdmission
Opposite
OwnerAdmission
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified NameFHIM::Encounter::Admission::admissionReason
Stereotype
Template Parameter
TypeString
Upper1
Upper Value(1)
VisibilityPublic


 admissionSource
Public «CS» Code admissionSource

"Indicates where the patient was admitted.... In the US, this field should use the Official Uniform Billing (UB) 04 2008 numeric codes found on form locator 15 [which is] the Point of Origin for Admission or Visit." - HL7 Version 2.8, PV1-14.
"From where patient was admitted (physician referral, transfer)." - HL7 FHIR, Encounter.hospitalization.admitSource
"Admitting source" - PCORnet Common Data Model, Encounter.Admitting_Source. Possible values include: Adult Foster Home; Assisted Living Facility; Ambulatory Visit; Emergency Department; Home Health; Home/Self Care; Hospice; Other Acute Inpatient Hospital; Nursing Home (Includes ICF); Rehabilitation Facility; Residential Facility; Skilled Nursing Facility; Intra-hospital; No information; Unknown; Other.

Constraints:
Properties:

AggregationNone
Alias
Association
Association End
ClassAdmission
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
NameadmissionSource
Name Expression
NamespaceAdmission
Opposite
OwnerAdmission
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified NameFHIM::Encounter::Admission::admissionSource
Stereotype
Template Parameter
Type«CS» Code
Upper1
Upper Value(1)
VisibilityPublic


 admissionType
Public «CS» Code admissionType

"Indicates the circumstances under which the patient was or will be admitted. ...use the official Universal Billing (UB) 04 2008 numeric codes found on form locator 14." - HL7 Version 2.8, PV1-4. Possible values include (from HL7 Table 7: Accident; Emergency;
Labor and Delivery; Routine; Newborn (Birth in healthcare facility); Urgent; Elective.

Constraints:
Properties:

AggregationNone
Alias
Association
Association End
ClassAdmission
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
NameadmissionType
Name Expression
NamespaceAdmission
Opposite
OwnerAdmission
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified NameFHIM::Encounter::Admission::admissionType
Stereotype
Template Parameter
Type«CS» Code
Upper1
Upper Value(1)
VisibilityPublic


 diagnosisRelatedGroup
Public DiagnosisRelatedGroup diagnosisRelatedGroup

Pointer to the Diagnosis Related Group(s) for which the Patient was admitted.
"3-digit Diagnosis Related Group (DRG). The DRG is used for reimbursement for inpatient encounters. It is a Medicare requirement that combines diagnoses into clinical concepts for billing. Frequently used in observational data analyses." - PCORnet Common Data Model, Encounter.DRG.
"DRG code version" - PCORnet Common Data Model, Encounter.DRG_Type. Possible values include: CMS-DRG (old system); MS-DRG (current system); No information; Unknown; Other.

Constraints:
Properties:

AggregationNone
Alias
Associationadmission_diagnosisRelatedGroup
Association End
ClassAdmission
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*
NamediagnosisRelatedGroup
Name Expression
NamespaceAdmission
Opposite
OwnerAdmission
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified NameFHIM::Encounter::Admission::diagnosisRelatedGroup
Stereotype
Template Parameter
TypeDiagnosisRelatedGroup
Upper*
Upper Value(*)
VisibilityPublic


 origin
Public ServiceDeliveryLocation origin

Pointer to the location where the patient was before the admission.
"The location/organization from which the patient came before admission." - HL7 FHIR, Encounter.hospitalization.origin

Constraints:
Properties:

AggregationNone
Alias
Association
Association End
ClassAdmission
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
Nameorigin
Name Expression
NamespaceAdmission
Opposite
OwnerAdmission
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified NameFHIM::Encounter::Admission::origin
Stereotype
Template Parameter
TypeServiceDeliveryLocation
Upper1
Upper Value(1)
VisibilityPublic