METHOD OF ADMISSION
The method of admission to a Hospital Provider Spell .
Description
The method of admission to a Hospital Provider Spell.
Note: see ELECTIVE ADMISSION TYPE for a full definition of Elective Admission.
ADMISSION METHOD will be replaced with METHOD OF ADMISSION, which is the most recent approved national information standard to describe the required definition.
National Codes
| Code | Description | 
|---|---|
| 11 | Elective Admission : Waiting list | 
| 12 | Elective Admission : Booked | 
| 13 | Elective Admission : Planned | 
| 21 | Emergency Admission: Emergency Care Department or acute or emergency dental SERVICE | 
| 22 | Emergency Admission: GENERAL PRACTITIONER: after a request for immediate admission has been made direct to a Hospital Provider, i.e. not through a Bed bureau, by a GENERAL PRACTITIONER or deputy | 
| 23 | Emergency Admission: Bed bureau | 
| 24 | Emergency Admission: Consultant Clinic, of this or another Health Care Provider | 
| 25 | Emergency Admission: Admission via Mental Health Crisis Resolution Team | 
| 2A | Emergency Admission: Emergency Care Department of another provider where the PATIENT had not been admitted | 
| 2B | Emergency Admission: Transfer of an admitted PATIENT from another Hospital Provider in an emergency | 
| 2C | Emergency Admission: Baby born at home as intended | 
| 2D | Emergency Admission: Other emergency admission | 
| 31 | Maternity Admission: Admitted ante partum | 
| 32 | Maternity Admission: Admitted post partum | 
| 81 | Other Admission: Transfer of any admitted PATIENT from other Hospital Provider other than in an emergency | 
| 82 | Other Admission: The birth of a baby in this Health Care Provider | 
| 83 | Other Admission: Baby born outside the Health Care Provider except when born at home as intended | 
Also Known As
This attribute is also known by these names:
| Context | Alias | 
|---|---|
| Plural | METHODS OF ADMISSION | 
Where Used
| Type | Link | How used | 
|---|---|---|
| Class | ACTIVITY GROUP | has an attribute METHOD OF ADMISSION of type METHOD OF ADMISSION | 
| Attribute | ADMISSION METHOD | references in description METHOD OF ADMISSION | 
| Attribute | METHOD OF ADMISSION | references in description METHOD OF ADMISSION | 
| Data Element | METHOD OF ADMISSION (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL) | is the data element of METHOD OF ADMISSION | 
| Data Element | METHOD OF ADMISSION (MENTAL HEALTH HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL) | is the data element of METHOD OF ADMISSION | 
| Supporting Information | Organisation Mergers | references in description METHOD OF ADMISSION |