CODE ACF Aged care facility Use for patients who have been transferred from a nursing home facility to this hospital. CODE CCA Contracted care admission Use only for patients who have been admitted to the hospital through a contracted care arrangement with another hospital. CODE COM Community health service Use for patients who have been seen at a community health centre with admission to this hospital subsequently arranged. Not be used for patients referred or transferred from another hospital. CODE CS Correctional services Use for patients who have been referred to the hospital from a correctional facility (e.g. Risdon Prison). Not be used for patients referred by the Police Service. CODE ED Department of emergency medicine Use for patients who are seen in the emergency department of this hospital and then subsequently admitted. Not to be used for babies born on the way to hospital. Would not be used by District Hospitals. CODE LAW Law enforcement agency Use for patients who have been referred to the hospital by a law enforcement agency (other than a correctional services) such as the police or courts. CODE NEWB Newborn Used for babies (qualified/unqualified) born at this hospital during this episode of care. CODE NR No referral Use only for boarders. CODE OPDD Outpatients department Use for patients who are seen by a doctor in an outpatient clinic at this hospital, where their admission has subsequently been arranged. Would not be used by District Hospitals. CODE OTH Other Use for patients admitted who are referred but the source is not otherwise listed. However, it is expected that this code will rarely be used. CODE OTHHEA Other health care establishment Use for patients who are referred by a health care establishment not otherwise listed. CODE PRV Private psychiatric practice Use for patients who have been referred from a private psychiatric practice. CODE PSY Transfer from other public psychiatric Use for patients transferred from a public psychiatric hospital/unit such as Northside or DPM. The patient must be transferred directly from that hospital/unit to this one. CODE REF Referred from another hospital Use for patients who have been seen as a non-admitted patient in an outpatient clinic or Department of Emergency Medicine in another hospital from which admission to this facility was subsequently arranged. CODE S Statistical admission Use for patients who are already admitted to this facility and are undergoing a statistical re-admission for an episode of care change. CODE T Transfer from another hospital Use for patients who have been an admitted patient at another hospital and have been transferred directly from that hospital to this facility for continuation of their admitted patient care or treatment at this hospital. The transfer should have been pre-arranged by the transferring hospital. If the patient passes through Department of Emergency Medicine the source should still be 'Transfer from another hospital'. Includes other major public hospitals, district hospitals and private hospitals from intrastate, interstate or overseas. CODE TRB Transfer from Transition Care Bed Based Program Use for patients transferred from the Transition Care Bed Based Program to the hospital. The patient must be transferred directly from the Transition Care Bed Based Program to this one. CODE NSP Not specified Not to be used. |