ADMISSION METHOD CODE (MOTHER LABOUR AND DELIVERY HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL)

ADMISSION METHOD CODE (MOTHER LABOUR AND DELIVERY HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL) is the method of admission to a Hospital Provider Spell for a mother for Labour and Delivery.

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Description

ADMISSION METHOD CODE (MOTHER LABOUR AND DELIVERY HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL) is the same as attribute ADMISSION METHOD.

ADMISSION METHOD CODE (MOTHER LABOUR AND DELIVERY HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL) is the method of admission to a Hospital Provider Spell for a mother for Labour and Delivery.

For specific National Code usage in different data sets, see ADMISSION METHOD.

Note: the Default Code description for 99 - Not known has been updated. The Data Set specifications that contain this item will be updated in the next version of the Information Standard where it is not already correct.

National Codes

Code	Description
11	Elective Admission: Waiting list
12	Elective Admission: Booked
13	Elective Admission: Planned
21	Emergency Admission: Emergency Care Department or dental casualty department of the Health Care Provider
22	Emergency Admission: GENERAL PRACTITIONER: after a request for immediate admission has been made direct to a Hospital Provider, i.e. not through a Bed bureau, by a GENERAL PRACTITIONER or deputy
23	Emergency Admission: Bed bureau
24	Emergency Admission: Consultant Clinic, of this or another Health Care Provider
25	Emergency Admission: Admission via Mental Health Crisis Resolution Team
2A	Emergency Admission: Emergency Care Department of another provider where the PATIENT had not been admitted
2B	Emergency Admission: Transfer of an admitted PATIENT from another Hospital Provider in an emergency
2C	Emergency Admission: Baby born at home as intended
2D	Emergency Admission: Other emergency admission
28	Emergency Admission: Other means, examples are: - admitted from the Emergency Care Department of another provider where they had not been admitted - transfer of an admitted PATIENT from another Hospital Provider in an emergency - baby born at home as intended
31	Maternity Admission: Admitted ante partum
32	Maternity Admission: Admitted post partum
82	Other Admission: The birth of a baby in this Health Care Provider
83	Other Admission: Baby born outside the Health Care Provider except when born at home as intended
81	Other Admission: Transfer of any admitted PATIENT from other Hospital Provider other than in an emergency

Default Codes

Code	Description
98	Not applicable
99	ADMISSION METHOD not known

Also Known As

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
Plural	ADMISSION METHOD CODES (MOTHER LABOUR AND DELIVERY HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL)

Where Used

Type	Link	How used
Data Element	ADMISSION METHOD CODE (MOTHER LABOUR AND DELIVERY HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL)	references in description ADMISSION METHOD CODE (MOTHER LABOUR AND DELIVERY HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL)
Data Set	Maternity Services Data Set	references in description ADMISSION METHOD CODE (MOTHER LABOUR AND DELIVERY HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL)

Attribute

ADMISSION METHOD