Person Location

Composite

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2.7.1Jul2012

2.8Mar2014

2.8.1Mar2014

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Definition: This data type is used to specify a patient location within a healthcare institution. Which components are valued depends on the needs of the site. For example for a patient treated at home, only the person location type is valued. It is most commonly used for specifying patient locations, but may refer to other types of locations within a healthcare setting.

Note: This data type contains several location identifiers that should be thought of in the following order from the most general to the most specific: facility, building, floor, point of care, room, bed. Additional data about any location defined by these components can be added in the following components: person location type, location description and location status.

	Comp#							FHIR
1	244	-	-	C		PL.1	Point of Care	[4].identifier[1][4].location(Location.mode)[4].location(Location.physicalType.coding.code)+2
2	245	-	-	O		PL.2	Room	[2].identifier[1][2].mode [2].physicalType.coding.code+2
3	246	-	-	O		PL.3	Bed	[1].identifier[1][1].mode [1].physicalType.coding.code+2
4	247	-	-	O	-	PL.4	Facility	[6].identifier[1][6].mode [6].physicalType.coding.code+1
5	248	-	20=	O		PL.5	Location Status	-
6	249	-	20=	O		PL.6	Person Location Type	-
7	250	-	-	O		PL.7	Building	[5].identifier[1][5].mode [5].physicalType.coding.code+2
8	251	-	-	O		PL.8	Floor	[3].identifier[1][3].mode [3].physicalType.coding.code+2
9	252	-	199#	O	-	PL.9	Location Description	[1].location(Location.description)
10	253	-	-	O	-	PL.10	Comprehensive Location Identifier	[1].identifier[2][2].identifier[2][5].identifier[2]+9
11	254	-	-	O		PL.11	Assigning Authority for Location	[1-6].identifier[1].assigner(Organization)[1-6].identifier[2].assigner(Organization)