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["Discharge Disposition": "Patient Expired"]

Performance/Reporting Period
2025
Value Set Description from VSAC
Clinical Focus: The purpose of this value set is to represent concepts for an encounter with a discharge disposition of patient who has died in the hospital.
Data Element Scope: This value set may use a model element related to Encounter.
Inclusion Criteria: Includes concepts that identify an encounter with a discharge disposition of a patient who has died in the hospital.
Exclusion Criteria: No exclusions.

Constrained to codes in the Patient Expired value set (2.16.840.1.113883.3.117.1.7.1.309)

QDM Datatype and Definition

dischargeDisposition

The disposition, or location to which the patient is transferred at the time of hospital discharge.
Last Updated: Jun 26, 2024