00966
Specialty Type
2015-07-13
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 in Chapter 2C, Code Tables, for suggested values. See also LCH-4 - Location Characteristic ID and LHC-5 - Location Characteristic Value.
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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 |
22 components
| 1 | O | - | Identifier | |
| 2 | O | - | Text | |
| 3 | C | Name of Coding System | ||
| 4 | O | - | Alternate Identifier | |
| 5 | O | - | Alternate Text | |
| 6 | C | Name of Alternate Coding System | ||
| 7 | C | - | Coding System Version ID | |
| 8 | O | - | Alternate Coding System Version ID | |
| 9 | O | - | Original Text | |
| 10 | O | - | Second Alternate Identifier | |
| 11 | O | - | Second Alternate Text | |
| 12 | C | Name of Second Alternate Coding System | ||
| 13 | O | - | Second Alternate Coding System Version ID | |
| 14 | C | - | Coding System OID | |
| 15 | O | - | Value Set OID | |
| 16 | C | - | Value Set Version ID | |
| 17 | C | - | Alternate Coding System OID | |
| 18 | O | - | Alternate Value Set OID | |
| 19 | C | - | Alternate Value Set Version ID | |
| 20 | C | - | Second Alternate Coding System OID | |
| 21 | O | - | Second Alternate Value Set OID | |
| 22 | C | - | Second Alternate Value Set Version ID |