DISCHARGE DESTINATION CODE (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL)

The destination of a PATIENT on completion of a Hospital Provider Spell , or a note that the PATIENT died or was a stillbirth.

Format / Length

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Description

DISCHARGE DESTINATION CODE (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL) is the same as attribute DISCHARGE DESTINATION.

DISCHARGE DESTINATION CODE (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.

DISCHARGE DESTINATION CODE (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL) will be replaced with DESTINATION OF DISCHARGE (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 (includes hotel, residential Educational Establishment)
30
Repatriation from high security psychiatric accommodation in an NHS Hospital Provider ( NHS Trust or NHS Foundation Trust)
37
Court
38 Penal establishment or police station
48 High Security Psychiatric Hospital, Scotland
49
NHS other Hospital Provider - high security psychiatric accommodation
50
NHS other Hospital Provider - medium secure unit
51
NHS other Hospital Provider - WARD for general PATIENTS or the younger physically disabled
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
54
NHS run Care Home 
65
Local Authority residential accommodation i.e. where care is provided
66
Local Authority foster care
79
Not applicable - PATIENT died or stillbirth
84 Non-NHS run hospital - medium secure unit
85
Non-NHS (other than Local Authority) run Care Home 
87 Non-NHS run hospital
88
Non-NHS (other than Local Authority) run Hospice

Default Codes

Code Description
98
Not applicable - Hospital Provider Spell not finished at episode end (i.e. not discharged) or current episode unfinished
99 Not known

Also Known As

This Data Element is also known by these names:

Context Alias
Plural DISCHARGE DESTINATION CODES (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL)

Where Used

Type Link How used
Data Set CDS V6-2 Type 120 - Admitted Patient Care - Finished Birth Episode CDS references in description DISCHARGE DESTINATION CODE (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL)
Data Set CDS V6-2 Type 130 - Admitted Patient Care - Finished General Episode CDS references in description DISCHARGE DESTINATION CODE (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL)
Data Set CDS V6-2 Type 140 - Admitted Patient Care - Finished Delivery Episode CDS references in description DISCHARGE DESTINATION CODE (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL)
Data Set CDS V6-2 Type 180 - Admitted Patient Care - Unfinished Birth Episode CDS references in description DISCHARGE DESTINATION CODE (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL)
Data Set CDS V6-2 Type 190 - Admitted Patient Care - Unfinished General Episode CDS references in description DISCHARGE DESTINATION CODE (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL)
Data Set CDS V6-2 Type 200 - Admitted Patient Care - Unfinished Delivery Episode CDS references in description DISCHARGE DESTINATION CODE (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL)
Data Element DESTINATION OF DISCHARGE (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL) references in description DISCHARGE DESTINATION CODE (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL)
Data Set Maternity Services Data Set references in description DISCHARGE DESTINATION CODE (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL)