Definition
Departments of hospitals and other health care institutions (including HMOs) whose staff are responsible for formally accepting patients for treatment. Included are full stay admissions which include room and board and continuous nursing services in an area of the hospital or facility where patients generally reside at least overnight; short stay admissions, often following outpatient surgery, where patients occupy a day bed and receive nursing care but do not stay overnight; and outpatient admissions where patients enter the hospital but require no bed and leave after receiving treatment.
URL Name
LH-6300-4140
Third Level Code
LH-6300
Taxonomy Code
LH-6300.4140
Parent Code
LH-6300
Family Code
L
Second Level Code
LH
Fourth Level Code
LH-6300-4140
Use References
Patient Admissions, Patient Intake, Patient Placement
Publication Status
Online