DISCHARGE DESTINATION (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL)

Format/length:n2
HES item:DISDEST
National Codes:See DISCHARGE DESTINATION
Default Codes:98 - Not applicable - hospital provider spell not finished at episode end (i.e. not discharged, or current episode unfinished)
 99 - Not known: a validation error

Notes:
DISCHARGE DESTINATION (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL) is the same as the attribute DISCHARGE DESTINATION and the values recorded are the National Codes contained within the attribute definition with the addition of the Default Codes.

This records the destination of a PATIENT on completion of the Hospital Provider Spell. It can also indicate that the PATIENT died or was a still birth.

DISCHARGE DESTINATION (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL) will be replaced with DISCHARGE DESTINATION CODE (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL), which should be used for all new and developing data sets and for XML messages.

Hospital Provider Spell is an ACTIVITY GROUP where ACTIVITY GROUP TYPE is National Code 21 'Hospital Provider Spell'.

 

This data element is also known by these names:
ContextAlias
pluralDISCHARGE DESTINATIONS (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL)