ADMISSION SOURCE (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL)

The source of admission to a Hospital Provider Spell or a Nursing Episode when the PATIENT is in a Hospital Site or a Care Home.

Format / Length

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Description

ADMISSION SOURCE (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL) is the same as attribute ADMISSION SOURCE.

ADMISSION SOURCE (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL) is the source of admission to a Hospital Provider Spell in a Hospital Site.

ADMISSION SOURCE (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL) is used by the Secondary Uses Service to derive the Healthcare Resource Group 4 . Failure to correctly populate this data element is likely to result in an incorrect Healthcare Resource Group, usually associated with lower levels of Healthcare resource.

For further information, please refer to the NHS England website at: Payment by Results Guidance.

SOURCE OF ADMISSION CODE (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL) will be replaced with ADMISSION SOURCE (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL), which is the most recent approved national information standard to describe the required definition.

National Codes

Code Description
19
Usual place of residence unless listed below, for example, a private dwelling whether owner occupied or owned by Local Authority, housing association or other landlord. This includes wardened accommodation but not residential accommodation where health care is provided. It also includes PATIENTS with no fixed abode.
29
Temporary place of residence when usually resident elsewhere (e.g. hotels, residential Educational Establishments)
37
Court
40 Penal establishment
42
Police Station / Police Custody Suite
49
NHS other Hospital Provider - high security psychiatric accommodation in an NHS Hospital Provider ( NHS Trust or NHS Foundation Trust)
51
NHS other Hospital Provider - WARD for general PATIENTS or the younger physically disabled or Emergency Care Department
52
NHS other Hospital Provider - WARD for maternity PATIENTS or Neonates
53
NHS other Hospital Provider - WARD for PATIENTS who are mentally ill or have Learning Disabilities
55
Care Home Services with Nursing
56
Care Home Services without Nursing
66
Local Authority foster care
79 Babies born in or on the way to hospital
87
Independent Sector Healthcare Provider run hospital
88
Hospice

Default Codes

Code Description
98 Not applicable
99
ADMISSION SOURCE not known

Also Known As

This Data Element is also known by these names:

Context Alias
Plural ADMISSION SOURCES (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL)

Where Used

Type Link How used
Data Set CDS V6-3 Type 120 - Admitted Patient Care - Finished Birth Episode CDS references in description ADMISSION SOURCE (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL)
Data Set CDS V6-3 Type 130 - Admitted Patient Care - Finished General Episode CDS references in description ADMISSION SOURCE (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL)
Data Set CDS V6-3 Type 140 - Admitted Patient Care - Finished Delivery Episode CDS references in description ADMISSION SOURCE (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL)
Data Set CDS V6-3 Type 180 - Admitted Patient Care - Unfinished Birth Episode CDS references in description ADMISSION SOURCE (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL)
Data Set CDS V6-3 Type 190 - Admitted Patient Care - Unfinished General Episode CDS references in description ADMISSION SOURCE (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL)
Data Set CDS V6-3 Type 200 - Admitted Patient Care - Unfinished Delivery Episode CDS references in description ADMISSION SOURCE (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL)
Data Set Healthcare Operational Data Flows Data Set: Acute - Admission references in description ADMISSION SOURCE (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL)