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Patient Class
2003-08-22
Definition: This field is used by systems to categorize patients by site. It does not have a consistent industry-wide definition. It is subject to site-specific variations. Refer to User-defined Table 0004 - Patient Class for suggested values.
_Commercial Account_ is used by reference labs for specimen processing when the service is billed back to a third party. A registration is processed for the specimen to facilitate the subsequent billing. The identity of the patient may be known or unknown. In either case, for billing and statistical purposes, the patient class is considered a commercial account due to the third party billing responsibility.
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9 values
B | Obstetrics |
C | Commercial Account |
E | Emergency |
I | Inpatient |
N | Not Applicable |
O | Outpatient |
P | Preadmit |
R | Recurring patient |
U | Unknown |