Location
Location describes a specific identifiable place an encounter took place. There may be one or more Locations for an encounter. And there may be one or more location types for an encounter. A Typical visit to a doctor’s office would only have one location. A typical visit to a hospital would have more than one location; a location for the Unit, another one for the Room, and another one for the bed; and if the patient’s location during the visit changed there would be another three locations with defined start and stop dates.
| Field | Type | Length | Allow Null | Natural Key | Description | |
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| 1 | Record Type ID | String |
Indicates the record type. For this record it will always be “Location”. |
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| 2 | ID | ID |
Surrogate Key. For the relationship between a location and an encounter. |
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| 3 | Patient ID | REF |
Surrogate key to a patientCorresponds to a (Patient line in the same file set)’s ID value |
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| 4 | Encounter ID | REF |
Surrogate Key to an EncounterCorresponds to a (Encounter line in the same file set)’s ID value |
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| 5 | Start Date | Date | ||||
| 6 | End Date | Date | ||||
| 7 | Code | String | 80 |
Unique identifier for a location. This is not a natural key for the relationship between a location and an encounter |
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| 8 | Description | String | 100 |
For Example - 2NT or 2 North Tower, 133 or Room 133, A or Bed A |
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| 9 | Long Description | String | 200 |
Description of code or repeat code |
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| 10 | Type | Term |
The type of location. Example would be “primary doctor’s office” or “hospital room” or “emergency room” |
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| 11 | Patient Identifier | String | 128 |
Part of Natural Key Identifier. Typically, the source’s or practice’s key Identifier for a patient *Natural Key for existing patient |
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| 12 | Patient Record Authority ID | REF |
Surrogate Key to a Record Authority. |
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| 13 | Encounter Identifier | String | 128 |
Part of Natural Key Identifier. Typically, the source’s or practice’s key Identifier for an encounter *Natural Key for existing encounter |
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| 14 | Inserted Audit Data | Audit |
Audit data for when the record was inserted/created |
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| 15 | Last Modified Audit Data | Audit |
Audit data for when the record was last modified |
