ACK_A06
3.2.6 ADT/ACK - change an outpatient to an inpatient (event A06)
3 segments
An A06 event is sent when a patient who was present for a non-admitted visit is being admitted after an evaluation of the seriousness of the patient's condition. This event changes a patient's status from non-admitted to admitted. The new patient location should appear in PV1-3-assigned patient location, while the old patient location (if different) should appear in PV1-6-prior patient location. The new patient class should appear in PV1-2-patient class.
It will be left to implementation negotiation to determine whether disparate systems merely change the patient class, or close and open a new account. The current active account number should appear in PID-18-patient account number; the prior account number can be included optionally in MRG-3-prior patient account number. This arrangement is not intended to be a type of merge, but the MRG segment is used here for MRG-3-prior patient account number.
Message Structure
3 segments
R RequiredO Optional Choice
MSH
R1MSA
R1ERR
O1