EXAMPLE:
20. SOURCE OF ADMISSION/AUTHORITY FOR
ADMISSION
DIR FROM ER
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DESCRIPTION
DATA CODES
Direct to Military Hospital from ER
Direct to military hospital from other than ER
1
AD direct to non-U.S. Armed Services hospital never
transferred to military hospital
3
Initial admission in non-U.S. Armed Services hospital,
transferred to militay 9 AD only)
4
Initial admission to non-U.S. Armed Services hospital,
moved to military hospital (non-AD only)
5
Transfer from U.S. Army hospital
6
Transfer from U.S. Navy hospital
7
Transfer from U.S. Air Force hospital
8
Live birth in this hospital
L
CRO
C
Table 4-15. Source of admission.
4-34. WARD
a. Source of data. Designated by care provider/physician.
b. Enter the ward or nursing unit to which the patient was admitted. Leave blank
for CRO cases. Enter " Abs Sk" for AD patients never transferred to a military hospital
and whose entire period of hospitalization was in a non-U.S. Armed Services hospital.
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