The method by which a subject of care is admitted to a Hospital Provider Spell. A Hospital Provider Spell is the total continuous
stay of a subject of care using a Hospital Bed on premises controlled by a Health Care Provider during which medical care
is provided. The Hospital Provider Spell starts when a Consultant, Nurse or Midwife assumes responsibility for care following
the decision to admit the subject of care. This may be before formal admission procedures have been completed and the subject
of care transferred to a ward. For example, if a subject of care is brought into hospital as an emergency and dies in the
operating theatre before being transferred to a ward, the Hospital Provider Spell would have started. [Adapted from Data Dictionary:
Admission Method and Hospital Provider Spell]
| Level |
Code |
Description |
Notes |
|
0
|
AM01 |
Elective waiting list admission |
Elective waiting list admission when the decision to admit could be separated in time from the actual admission and where
a patient admitted electively from a waiting list having been given no date of admission at a time a decision was made to
admit
|
|
0
|
AM02 |
Elective booked admission |
Elective booked admission when the decision to admit could be separated in time from the actual admission and a patient admitted
having been given a date at the time the decision to admit was made, determined mainly on the grounds of resource availability
|
|
0
|
AM03 |
Elective planned admission |
Elective planned admission when the decision to admit could be separated in time from the actual admission and a patient admitted,
having been given a date or approximate date at the time that the decision to admit was made. This is usually part of a planned
sequence of clinical care determined mainly on social or clinical criteria
|
|
0
|
AM04 |
Emergency Accident and emergency or dental casualty department of the Health Care Provider |
Emergency Accident and emergency or dental casualty department of the Health Care Provider admission when admission is unpredictable
and at short notice because of clinical need
|
|
0
|
AM05 |
Emergency admission after a request for immediate admission has been made direct to a Hospital Provider i.e. not through a
Bed bureau by a GENERAL PRACTITIONER or deputy
|
Emergency admission after a request for immediate admission has been made direct to a Hospital Provider i.e. not through a
Bed bureau by a General Practitioner or deputy - admission is unpredictable and at short notice because of clinical need
|
|
0
|
AM06 |
Emergency admission Consultant Clinic of this or another Health Care Provider |
Emergency admission Consultant Clinic of this or another Health Care Provider when admission is unpredictable and at short
notice because of clinical need
|
|
0
|
AM07 |
Emergency admitted from the Accident And Emergency Department of another provider where they had not been admitted |
Emergency admission from the Accident And Emergency Department of another provider where they had not been admitted when admission
is unpredictable and at short notice because of clinical need
|
|
0
|
AM08 |
Emergency transfer of an admitted PATIENT from another Hospital Provider in an emergency |
Emergency transfer of an admitted PATIENT from another Hospital Provider in an emergency when admission is unpredictable and
at short notice because of clinical need
|
|
0
|
AM09 |
Emergency baby born at home as intended |
Emergency admission when baby born at home as intended - admission is unpredictable and at short notice because of clinical
need
|
|
0
|
AM10 |
Maternity admission admitted ante-partum |
Maternity admission admitted ante-partum of a pregnant or recently pregnant woman to a maternity ward (including delivery
facilities) except when the intention is to terminate the pregnancy
|
|
0
|
AM11 |
Maternity admission admitted post-partum |
Maternity admission admitted post-partum of a pregnant or recently pregnant woman to a maternity ward (including delivery
facilities) except when the intention is to terminate the pregnancy
|
|
0
|
AM12 |
Birth of a baby in this Health Care Provider |
Baby born in this Health Care Provider |
|
0
|
AM13 |
Baby born outside the Health Care Provider except when born at home as intended |
Baby born outside the Health Care Provider except when born at home as intended |
|
0
|
AM14 |
Transfer of any admitted patient from other Hospital Provider other than in an emergency |
Transfer of any admitted patient from other Hospital Provider other than in an emergency |
