Class: Episode

Description of: Episode

Class steward is Patient Care
Interested committees Patient Administration
A collection of encounters or condition nodes defining an interval of time of interest in analysis.

OpenIssue: The definition needs to reviewed by Patient Care.

Attribute definitions for: Episode

desc ::

Episode of care descriptive text.

OpenIssue: Not reviewed by Patient Care.

episode_type_cd ::

A code indicating the type of episode. The type code is dependent upon the reason for collection of patient encounters.

OpenIssue: Not reviewed by Patient Care.

id ::

A unique identifier assigned to the episode of care.

OpenIssue: Not reviewed by Patient Care.

list_closed_ind ::

An indication that the list of encounters associated with the episode is a closed list.

OpenIssue: Not reviewed by Patient Care.

OpenIssue: What does it mean to have a 'closed list'? Is this different from saying that the Episode is closed, that is that it is finished? If not, change the name to episode_closed_ind.

outcome_txt ::

Text describing the outcome of the episode of care.

OpenIssue: Not reviewed by Patient Care.

recurring_service_ind ::

An indication that the episode represents a recurring patient service.

OpenIssue: Not reviewed by Patient Care.