Class: Patient_encounter

Description of: Patient_encounter

Class steward is Patient Administration
An interaction between a patient and a Healthcare participant for the purpose of providing patient services or assessing the health status of a patient.

Attribute definitions for: Patient_encounter

administrative_outcome_txt

Type of further action, if any, planned as part of the care of the patient (e.g., appointment given, appointment to be given, admission arranged, patient admitted, . . .).

cancellation_reason_cd

A code depicting the reason for cancellation of an encounter.

desc

A textual description of the patient encounter.

|PV2^12^00713^Visit Description|

encounter_classification_cd

A classification of a patient encounter.

|PV2^7^00187^Visit User Code|

end_dttm

The date and time that the patient encounter ends.

|PV1^45^00175^Discharge Date/Time|

expected_insurance_plan_qty

A count of the number of insurance plans that may provide Healthcare benefit coverage for this patient encounter.

|PV2^20^00721^Expected Number of Insurance Plans|

first_similar_illness_dt

The date the patient first experienced a similar illness. Used to determine pre-existing conditions

|PV2^29^00730^First Similar Illness Date|

follow_up_type_cd

A code indicating the type of follow-up required after completion of the patient encounter.

|PV1^10^00140^Hospital Service|

id

A unique identifier assigned to the patient encounter.

|PV1^19^00149^Visit Number| |PV1^50^00180^Alternate Visit ID|

patient_classification_cd

This field contains site-specific values that identify the type of patient, for example, outpatient surgery, inpatient short stay, etc.

OpenIssue: Current x-ref is from Patient Type and Patient Class. Should this be two attributes?

|FT1^18^00148^Patient Type| |PV1^2^00132^Patient Class| |PV1^18^00148^Patient Type|

priority_cd

A code depicting the relative priority of the patient encounter.

|PV2^25^00726^Visit Priority Code|

purpose_cd

A code depicting the purpose of the patient encounter.

record_signing_dttm

The data and time the documentation of the patient encounter is signed.

special_courtesies_ind

An indication as to whether or not the patient is to be extended special courtesies.

|PV1^22^00152^Courtesy Code|

start_dttm

The date and time that the patient encounter begins.

status_cd

A code depicting the status of the patient encounter.

|PV2^24^00725^Patient Status Code|

transport_requirement_cd

A code depicting the type of transportation required or arranged for the transport of the patient (e.g., stretcher, wheelchair, ambulance, taxi, . . .).

triage_classification_cd

The triage classification of the patient during an encounter.

Rationale: This attribute is related to an encounter rather than to the patient in general

urgency_cd

A code depicting the urgency of the patient encounter.

Connection definitions for: Patient_encounter

follows (0,n) :: Patient_encounter :: precedes (0,1)

has (0,n) :: Administrative_patient_accident :: is_present_in (1,n)

Rationale: Allows removal of generalization (patient_clinical_item) with single specialization

involves (1,1) :: Patient :: is_involved_in (0,n)

is_authorized_by (0,1) :: Preauthorization :: authorizes (1,n)

is_scheduled_by (0,n) :: Appointment :: schedules (1,n)

has_as_participant (1,n) :: Encounter_practitioner :: is_associated_with (1,1)

has (1,n) :: Location_encounter_role :: pertains_to (1,1)

has (0,n) :: Risk_management_incident :: pertains_to (1,1)

has_assigned_to_it (0,n) :: Service_event :: is_assigned_to (0,1)

Rationale: Establish independence of service events from encounters.

precedes (0,1) :: Patient_encounter :: follows (0,n)

is_preceded_by (0,1) :: Patient_arrival :: precedes (1,1)

Whole-part definitions for: Patient_encounter

has_parts (0,n) :: Administrative_birth_event :: is_part_of (1,1)

is_part_of (1,1) :: Episode :: has_parts (1,n)