Version 2.78

Term Description

The kind of hospital unit having any necessary specialized equipment and/or personnel for handling critically ill or injured patients. This term was created for, but not limited in use to, the Specialty Unit Type in the HL7 Implementation Guide for CDA® Release 2: National Health Care Surveys Release 1.
Source: Regenstrief LOINC

Fully-Specified Name

Component
Specialty care unit
Property
Type
Time
Pt
System
Hospital
Scale
Nom
Method
NHCS

Normative Answer List: LL3653-4

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Answer Code Score Answer ID
Adult Burn Critical Care Unit LA10143-8
Adult Medical Cardiac Critical Care Unit LA24094-7
Adult Medical Critical Care Unit LA10146-1
Adult Med-Surg Critical Care Unit LA24095-4
Adult Neurology Critical Care and Stroke Unit LA24098-8
Adult Neurosurgery Critical Care Unit LA24099-6
Adult Pulmonary Critical Care Unit LA10148-7
Adult Surgical Critical Care Unit LA10149-5
Adult Cardiothoracic Critical Care Unit LA10144-6
Adult Trauma Critical Care Unit LA10150-3
Prenatal Critical Care Unit LA24103-6
Neonatal Critical Care Unit (Level II/III) LA24096-2
Neonatal Critical Care Unit (Level III) LA24097-0
Pediatric Burn Critical Care Unit LA10197-4
Pediatric Medical Critical Care Unit LA10200-6
Pediatric Med-Surg Critical Care Unit LA24100-2
Pediatric Neurology Critical Care Unit LA10201-4
Pediatric Neurosurgery Critical Care Unit LA24102-8
Pediatric Pulmonary Critical Care Unit LA10202-2
Pediatric Cardiothoracic Critical Care Unit LA10198-2
Pediatric Surgical Critical Care Unit LA10203-0
Pediatric Trauma Critical Care Unit LA10204-8

Basic Attributes

Class
SURVEY.NHCS
Type
Surveys
First Released
Version 2.52
Last Updated
Version 2.52
Order vs. Observation
Observation

Member of these Panels

LOINC Long Common Name
81958-1 National Health Care Surveys report R1 - recommended CDA set

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