Version 2.78

Term Description

Indicates whether a patient's visit is an initial or follow-visit. An episode of care begins with the initial visit for care for a particular problem and ends when the patient is no longer continuing treatment. An initial visit may be diagnostic in nature whereas a follow-up visit may be to check progress or continue therapy. This term was created for, but not limited in use to, the Episode of Care observation in the HL7 Implementation Guide for CDA® Release 2: National Health Care Surveys Release 1.
Source: Regenstrief LOINC

Fully-Specified Name

Component
Type of encounter
Property
Type
Time
Pt
System
^Patient
Scale
Nom
Method

Preferred Answer List: LL3034-7

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Answer Code Score Answer ID
Initial patient assessment 1 1 LA21589-9
Follow-up visit 2 2 LA21590-7
UnknownCopyright http://snomed.info/sct ID:261665006 Unknown (qualifier value) 3 3 LA4489-6

Basic Attributes

Class
SURVEY.NHCS
Type
Surveys
First Released
Version 2.52
Last Updated
Version 2.70
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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