Chapter 03: Patient Administration
Patients arriving, moving and leaving.
Admissions, discharges, transfers, registrations and demographic corrections: the ADT family. It is the busiest interface in most hospitals, because almost every other system needs to know who the patient is and where they are.
What is in this chapter
- 68 trigger eventsthe real-world things that cause one of these messages to be sent
- 12 segmentsthe lines these messages are built from, and the fields on each
- 83 code tablesthe value sets the fields in this chapter draw from
- 3 message typesADR, ADT, QRY
Message types defined here
ADRADT response1 structure, fired by 1 trigger event.
ADTADT message25 structures, fired by 57 trigger events.
QRYQuery, original mode4 structures, fired by 14 trigger events.
Segments defined here
These 12 segments are defined in chapter 03. Messages in other chapters may still carry them.
AL1Patient Allergy Information SegmentDB1Disability SegmentEVNEvent Type SegmentIAMPatient Adverse Reaction Information Segment - Unique IdentifierMRGMerge Patient Information SegmentNK1Next of Kin / Associated Parties SegmentNPUBed Status Update SegmentPD1Patient Additional Demographic SegmentPDAPatient Death and Autopsy SegmentPIDPatient Identification SegmentPV1Patient Visit SegmentPV2Patient Visit - Additional Information Segment
Trigger events
A trigger event is the thing that happens in the hospital and causes a message to be sent. Chapter 03 defines 68 of them.
A01Admit/Visit NotificationA02Transfer a PatientA03Discharge/End VisitA04Register a PatientA05Pre-Admit a PatientA06Change an Outpatient to an InpatientA07Change an Inpatient to an OutpatientA08Update Patient InformationA09Patient Departing - TrackingA10Patient Arriving - TrackingA11Cancel Admit / Visit NotificationA12Cancel TransferA13Cancel Discharge / End VisitA14Pending AdmitA15Pending TransferA16Pending DischargeA17Swap PatientsA18Merge Patient InformationA19Patient QueryA20Bed Status UpdateA21Patient Goes on a Leave of AbsenceA22Patient Returns From a Leave of AbsenceA23Delete a Patient RecordA24Link Patient InformationA25Cancel Pending DischargeA26Cancel Pending TransferA27Cancel Pending AdmitA28Add Person or Patient InformationA29Delete Person InformationA30Merge Person InformationA31Update Person InformationA32Cancel Patient Arriving - TrackingA33Cancel Patient Departing - TrackingA34Merge Patient Information - Patient ID OnlyA35Merge Patient Information - Account Number OnlyA36A37Unlink Patient InformationA38Cancel Pre-AdmitA39Merge Person - Patient IDA40Merge Patient - Patient Identifier ListA41Merge Account - Patient Account NumberA42Merge Visit - Visit NumberA43Move Patient Information - Patient Identifier ListA44Move Account Information - Patient Account NumberA45Move Visit Information - Visit NumberA46Change Patient IDA47Change Patient Identifier ListA48Change Alternate Patient IDA49Change Patient Account NumberA50Change Visit NumberA51Change Alternate Visit IDA52Cancel Leave of Absence for a PatientA53Cancel Patient Returns from a Leave of AbsenceA54Change Attending DoctorA55Cancel Change Attending DoctorA60Update Adverse Reaction InformationA61Change Consulting DoctorA62Cancel Change Consulting DoctorPC4Patient Care Problem QueryPC9Patient Goal QueryPCEPatient Pathway (Problem-Oriented) QueryPCKPatient Pathway (Goal-Oriented) QueryQ26Pharmacy/Treatment Order ResponseQ27Pharmacy/Treatment Administration InformationQ28Pharmacy/Treatment Dispense InformationQ29Pharmacy/Treatment Encoded Order InformationQ30Pharmacy/Treatment Dose InformationR02