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Patient Class

2013-03-10
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.

LengthNot specified
9 values
BObstetrics
CCommercial Account
EEmergency
IInpatient
NNot Applicable
OOutpatient
PPreadmit
RRecurring patient
UUnknown
22 components
1O-Identifier
2O-Text
3CName of Coding System
4O-Alternate Identifier
5O-Alternate Text
6CName of Alternate Coding System
7C-Coding System Version ID
8O-Alternate Coding System Version ID
9O-Original Text
10O-Second Alternate Identifier
11O-Second Alternate Text
12CName of Second Alternate Coding System
13O-Second Alternate Coding System Version ID
14C-Coding System OID
15O-Value Set OID
16C-Value Set Version ID
17C-Alternate Coding System OID
18O-Alternate Value Set OID
19C-Alternate Value Set Version ID
20C-Second Alternate Coding System OID
21O-Second Alternate Value Set OID
22C-Second Alternate Value Set Version ID