b. For nonautomated sites, enter the total number of days that the patient spent
in the dispositioning clinic service for the entire period of this hospitalization.
c. In the following example, the patient accrued 21 total bed days in the
dispositioning clinic service.
EXAMPLE:
75. BED DAYS DISPOSITION
351
352
353
354
CLINIC SERVICE
2
1
4-81. CONVALESCENT LEAVE RECOMMENDED (FIELD 76, COLUMNS 355
THROUGH 357)
a. Source of data. Discharge summary, narrative summary or nurse's notes.
b. These are convalescent leave days recommended by the discharging
physician to an AD service member's unit commander.
c. This field will be completed by clinical records personnel. In the following
example, 10 days of convalescent leave was recommended by the physician.
EXAMPLE:
76. CONVALESCENT LEAVE RECOM-
355
356
357
MENDED
1
4-82. PATIENT ACUITY DAYS (FIELDS 77 TO 82, COLUMNS 358 THROUGH 381)
These fields are reserved for future use. Upon implementation of a patient acuity
system, the user's manual will be updated. Leave these fields blank.
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