OpenMRS FHIR2 Implementation Guide - Local Development build (v0.1.0). See the Directory of published versions
CodeSystem: Encounter Type Code System
Summary
Defining URL: | http://fhir.openmrs.org/fhir/CodeSystem/encounter-type |
Version: | 0.1.0 |
Name: | EncounterType |
Title: | Encounter Type Code System |
Status: | Active as of 2022-11-29 05:06:49+0000 |
Definition: | Encounter Type Coding System
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Content: | Complete: All the concepts defined by the code system are included in the code system resource |
Source Resource: | XML / JSON / Turtle |
This Code system is referenced in the content logical definition of the following value sets:
This CodeSystem is not used here; it may be used elsewhere (e.g. specifications and/or implementations that use this content)
This code system http://fhir.openmrs.org/fhir/CodeSystem/encounter-type
defines the following codes:
Code | Display | Definition |
discharge | Discharge | Indicates that a patient's inpatient care at the hospital is ending, and they are expected to leave soon. |
admission | Admission | Indicates that the patient has been admitted for inpatient care, and is not expected to leave the hospital unless discharged. |
visitNote | Visit Note | Encounter where a full or abbreviated examination is done, usually leading to a presumptive or confirmed diagnosis, recorded by the examining clinician. |
checkOut | Check Out | The patient is explicitly leaving the hospital/clinic. (Usually no formal encounter is captured for this.) |
checkIn | Check In | Indicates the patient has done the required paperwork and check-in to begin a visit to the clinic/hospital. |
transfer | Transfer | Indicates that a patient is being transferred into a different department within the hospital. (Transfers out of the hospital should not use this encounter type.) |
vitals | Vitals | For capturing vital signs |
attachmentUpload | Attachment Upload | Encounters used to record uploads of attachments. |