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ecqm.dataelement

Discharged To Health Care Facility For Hospice Care Discharge Disposition

Description:
Clinical Focus: This set of values contains procedures used to represent the discharge of a patient to a health care facility for hospice care.
Data Element Scope: The intent of this data element is to identify the final place or setting to which the patient was discharged on the day of discharge from a particular inpatient encounter. This particular value set intends to identify patients who where discharged to a health care facility for hospice care. Using the Quality Data Model, this particular value set is used with the Attribute of 'Discharge status' used with the 'Encounter' category.
Inclusion Criteria: Only SNOMED CT codes representing health care facilities for hospice care should be included.
Exclusion Criteria: None
Based On: DischargeDisposition

The disposition, or location to which the patient is transferred at the time of hospital discharge.

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