00966
Specialty Type
2007-10-26
Definition: This field contains the specialty type (if any) of the department or clinic. This may also be considered a bed type. Specialty type is a physical accommodation type, whereas 'accommodation type' (LCC-3 - Accommodation Type) is a financial accommodation type. Refer to User-defined Table 0265 - Specialty type for suggested values. See also LCH-4 - Location Characteristic ID and LHC-5 - Location Characteristic Value.
Length≤250
26 values
ALC | Allergy |
AMB | Ambulatory |
CAN | Cancer |
CAR | Coronary/cardiac care |
CCR | Critical care |
CHI | Chiropractic |
EDI | Education |
EMR | Emergency |
FPC | Family planning |
INT | Intensive care |
ISO | Isolation |
NAT | Naturopathic |
NBI | Newborn, nursery, infants |
OBG | Obstetrics, gynecology |
OBS | Observation |
OTH | Other specialty |
PED | Pediatrics |
PHY | General/family practice |
PIN | Pediatric/neonatal intensive care |
PPS | Pediatric psychiatric |
PRE | Pediatric rehabilitation |
PSI | Psychiatric intensive care |
PSY | Psychiatric |
REH | Rehabilitation |
SUR | Surgery |
WIC | Walk-in clinic |
9 components
| 1 | O | - | Identifier | |
| 2 | O | - | Text | |
| 3 | O | Name of Coding System | ||
| 4 | O | - | Alternate Identifier | |
| 5 | O | - | Alternate Text | |
| 6 | O | Name of Alternate Coding System | ||
| 7 | C | - | Coding System Version ID | |
| 8 | O | - | Alternate Coding System Version ID | |
| 9 | O | - | Original Text |