Encounter Patient Admission

  • CACDI
  • Version 3
  • Published
  • Updated

Information describing the formal admission of a patient into a health care facility or care setting for an encounter (e.g., for a hospital stay), including how the patient was admitted.

Appears in

Constraints

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Stereotype(s)

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Attributes

AttributeTypeMultiplicityAttribute note
Encounter Patient Arrival Mode Code Codeable Concept 0..1
Uniquely specifies the method by which the patient arrived at the care setting for an encounter such a hospital stay (e.g., walk-in, ambulance, car). Value Set: To be developed.
Encounter Patient Admission Source Code Codeable Concept 0..1
Uniquely specifies the location or setting from which the person was admitted to the hospital for an encounter such as a hospital stay (i.e., 1 of the following: direct, emergency, newborn, day procedure, clinic, transfer in). Value Set: To be developed.
Encounter Patient Pre-admission Identifier Identifier 0..1
A business identifier (such as a provisional account number) assigned to a patient in the context of an encounter such as when a health care visit, procedure, or hospital stay is scheduled in advance. Links pre-admission activities and records to the actual hospital encounter. Source: HL7.org.
Encounter Patient Readmission Indicator Indicator 0..1
Indicates whether or not the patient is being re-admitted to a health care facility from which they were discharged for an encounter such as a hospital stay.

Relationships

From class From multiplicity Relationship To class To multiplicity
Encounter Patient 0..* has (composition) Encounter Patient Admission 0..1
Encounter Patient Admission 0..* has (composition) Encounter Patient Triage 0..1

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How to cite:

Canadian Institute for Health Information. Encounter Patient Admission. Accessed November 02, 2026.

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