C.3.4 Visit Admission Module

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C.3.4 Visit Admission Module (Current)
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C.3.4 Visit Admission Module

Table C.3-4 specifies the Attributes of the Visit Admission Module, which are relevant to admitting the Patient during the Visit.

Table C.3-4. Visit Admission Module Attributes

Attribute Name	Tag	Attribute Description
Referring Physician's Name	(0008,0090)	Patient's primary referring physician for this Visit.
Referring Physician's Address	(0008,0092)	Referring physician's address.
Referring Physician's Telephone Numbers	(0008,0094)	Referring physician's telephone numbers.
Referring Physician Identification Sequence	(0008,0096)	Identification of the Patient's referring physician. Only a single Item shall be included in this Sequence.
>Include Table 10-1 “Person Identification Macro Attributes”		Note The Person's Telecom Information (0040,1104) in this Sequence may be treated as equivalent to HL7v2 field ROL-12 associated with the referring physician identified in PV1-8.
Physician(s) of Record	(0008,1048)	Names of the physician(s) who are responsible for overall Patient care at time of Study (see Section C.7.3.1 for Performing Physician).
Physician(s) of Record Identification Sequence	(0008,1049)	Identification of the physician(s) who are responsible for overall Patient care at time of Study. One or more Items are permitted in this Sequence. If more than one Item, the number and order shall correspond to the Value of Physician(s) of Record (0008,1048), if present.
>Include Table 10-1 “Person Identification Macro Attributes”		Note The Person's Telecom Information (0040,1104) Attribute in this Sequence may be treated as equivalent to HL7v2 field ROL-12 associated with the referring physician identified in PV1-8.
Consulting Physician's Name	(0008,009C)	Consulting physician(s) for this Patient Visit.
Consulting Physician Identification Sequence	(0008,009D)	Identification of the consulting physician(s). One or more Items are permitted in this Sequence. If more than one Item, the number and order shall correspond to the Value of Consulting Physician's Name (0008,009C), if present.
>Include Table 10-1 “Person Identification Macro Attributes”		Note The Person's Telecom Information (0040,1104) in this Sequence may be treated as equivalent to HL7v2 field ROL-12 associated with the consulting physician.
Admitting Diagnoses Description	(0008,1080)	Description of the reason(s) the patient sought care. Note This may be present even if the patient is not actually admitted.
Admitting Diagnoses Code Sequence	(0008,1084)	The reason(s) the patient sought care. Note This may be present even if the patient is not actually admitted. One or more Items shall be included in this Sequence.
>Include Table 8.8-1 “Code Sequence Macro Attributes”		No Baseline CID is defined.
Principal Diagnosis Code Sequence	(0008,1301)	Condition that, after investigation, was chiefly responsible for the visit. Only a single Item is permitted in this Sequence.
>Include Table 8.8-1 “Code Sequence Macro Attributes”		No Baseline CID is defined.
Primary Diagnosis Code Sequence	(0008,1302)	Most serious and/or resource-intensive condition during the visit. Only a single Item is permitted in this Sequence. Note The primary diagnosis may or may not be the same as the principal diagnosis. The use of the term "primary" in this context is not related to its different meaning in the context of cancer, i.e., it is not necessarily a condition that is a primary tumor, which might be encoded as the principal diagnosis, if appropriate.
>Include Table 8.8-1 “Code Sequence Macro Attributes”		No Baseline CID is defined.
Secondary Diagnoses Code Sequence	(0008,1303)	Conditions that coexist with the primary diagnosis, and that affect care during the visit. One or more Items are permitted in this Sequence.
>Include Table 8.8-1 “Code Sequence Macro Attributes”		No Baseline CID is defined.
Histological Diagnoses Code Sequence	(0008,1304)	Diagnoses that have been confirmed by anatomical histopathology of specimens removed from the subject. One or more Items are permitted in this Sequence.
>Include Table 8.8-1 “Code Sequence Macro Attributes”		No Baseline CID is defined.
Route of Admissions	(0038,0016)	Mode of admission: emergency, normal.
Admitting Date	(0038,0020)	Date Patient Visit began.
Admitting Time	(0038,0021)	Time Patient Visit began.

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