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["Discharge Disposition": "Discharge To Acute Care Facility"]

Performance/Reporting Period
2022
Value Set Description from VSAC
Clinical Focus: The purpose of this value set is to represent concepts for an encounter with the discharge of a patient to an acute care facility.
Data Element Scope: This value set may use a model element related to Encounter.
Inclusion Criteria: Includes concepts that represent an encounter with a discharge to a short-term acute care hospital, including a specialty hospital.
Exclusion Criteria: No exclusions.

Constrained to codes in the Discharge Disposition: Discharge To Acute Care Facility value set (2.16.840.1.113883.3.117.1.7.1.87)

QDM Datatype and Definition

dischargeDisposition

The disposition, or location to which the patient is transferred at the time of hospital discharge.
Last Updated: Jul 08, 2021