DISCHARGE DESTINATION CODE (MOTHER POST DELIVERY 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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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 (MOTHER POST DELIVERY HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL)

Where Used

Type Link How used
Data Set Maternity Services Data Set references in description DISCHARGE DESTINATION CODE (MOTHER POST DELIVERY HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL)