01516

Severity of Illness Code

2001-06-26
Components: <identifier (ST)> ^ <text (ST)> ^ <name of coding system (IS)> ^ <alternate identifier (ST)> ^ <alternate text (ST)> ^ <name of alternate coding system (IS)>

Definition: Code representing the ranking of a patient's illness. Refer to User-defined Table 0421 - Severity of ill ness code for suggested values.

Length≤250
3 values
MIMild
MOModerate
SESevere
6 components
1Oidentifier (ST)
2O-text
3O-name of coding system
4O-alternate identifier (ST)
5O-alternate text
6O-name of alternate coding system