CODE 00 Left against medical advice Use for patients who have discharged themselves against their doctor’s advice. CODE 01 Usual residence/accommodation Use for patients who are discharged to their usual place of residence. Includes patients returning to boarding houses, independent living units or other institutions from which they came if it's their usual residence/accommodation. However, if the patient is being transferred from the hospital to a residential aged care service do not use this category, either 'Code 20 - Aged Care - new residence' or 'Code 21- Aged Care - usual residence'. CODE 06 Other health care accommodation Use for patients who are transferred to a health care accommodation/facility not covered by any other category and is not their usual residence/accommodation. CODE 07 Died Use for patients who died during this admission. CODE 08 Discharged to leave Use for patients who are being discharged on leave, and for whom a readmission following leave has been planned. CODE 09 Care type change to acute Used for statistical separations (care type change) where the patient is to continue the hospital stay, but is now changing the type of episode of care to acute. Do not use this value for registered boarders changing status to become an admitted patient. CODE 10 Care type change to sub-acute Used for statistical separations (care type change) where the patient is to continue the hospital stay, but is now changing the type of episode of care to sub-acute. Do not use this value for registered boarders changing status to become an admitted patient. CODE 11 Care type change to non-acute Used for statistical separations (care type change) where the patient is to continue the hospital stay, but is now changing the type of episode of care to non-acute. Do not use this value for registered boarders changing status to become an admitted patient. CODE 13 Mental health service Use for patients who are being discharged to a designated psychiatric unit within the hospital or to a psychiatric unit at another public hospital/facility. CODE 14 Discharge to an acute hospital (not rural) Use for patients who are being transferred to an acute hospital (do NOT use for private or rural/district hospitals) for continuation of their admitted care or management. The second hospital undertakes full responsibility for the patient. The patient must leave directly from this hospital to the other acute hospital. (i.e. does not go home first). CODE 16 Discharge to a rural hospital Use for patients who are being transferred from this hospital to a rural/district hospital (do NOT use for major acute public/private hospitals or interstate/overseas public/private hospitals) for continuation of their admitted care or management. The second hospital undertakes full responsibility for the patient. The patient must leave directly from this hospital to the other rural/district hospital (i.e. does not go home first). CODE 19 New episode for organ procurement Use for patients who have been declared brain dead, and are undergoing an episode of care change to organ procurement – posthumous. CODE 20 Aged Care - new residence Use for patients who are discharged to an aged care residential facility such as a nursing home/hostel for the first time. Excludes patients who were a resident of the same aged care residential facility prior to this admission (use code 21 – Aged care - usual residence in this case). CODE 21 Aged Care - usual residence Use for patients who are discharged to an aged care residential facility such as a nursing home/hostel which is there usual residence. Excludes patients who are discharged to an aged care residential facility for the first time (use code 20 – Aged care - new residence in this case). CODE 99 Other Use for patients who are being discharged to a designated psychiatric unit within the hospital or to a psychiatric unit at another public hospital/facility. |