Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 97222 - Definition of Data Element for Inpatients - Source of Admission

(a) Effective with discharges occurring on or after January 1, 2023, in order to describe the patient's source of admission, it is necessary to address two aspects of the source: first, the point of patient origin for this admission; and second, the route by which the patient was admitted. One alternative shall be selected from the list following each aspect:

(1) The point of patient origin. Use the appropriate code from the list below:

Code	Point of Origin for patients with Type of Admission other than "Newborn"
1	Non-Health Care Facility Point of Origin
2	Clinic or Physician's Office
4	Transfer from a Hospital (Different Facility)
5	Transfer from a SNF, ICF, or Assisted Living Facility (ALF)
6	Transfer from another Health Care Facility
8	Court/Law Enforcement
9	Information not Available
D	Transfer from One Distinct Unit of the Hospital to another Distinct Unit of the Same Hospital Resulting in a Separate Claim to the Payer
E	Transfer from Ambulatory Surgery Center
F	Transfer from a Hospice Facility
G	Transfer from a Designated Disaster Alternate Care Site

Code	Point of Origin for patients with Type of Admission "Newborn"
5	Born Inside this Hospital
6	Born Outside of this Hospital

(2) Route of admission.

(A) Your Emergency Department. Any patient admitted as an inpatient after being treated or examined in this hospital's emergency department.

(B) Another Emergency Department. Any patient directly admitted as an inpatient after being transferred from another hospital's emergency department.

(C) Not admitted from an Emergency Department.

Notes

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 97222

Note: Authority cited: Section 128810, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section 128735, Health and Safety Code.

Note: Authority cited: Section 128810, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section 128735, Health and Safety Code.

1. New section filed 10-14-93; operative 11-15-93 (Register 93, No. 42).
2. Editorial correction of printing errors in subsection (a)(5) (Register 94, No. 17).
3. Amendment of subsection (b), new subsections (c)-(c)(3)(B) and amendment of Note filed 7-15-96; operative 8-14-96 (Register 96, No. 29).
4. Editorial correction of subsection (b)(1)(G) (Register 97, No. 19).
5. Amendment filed 7-23-97 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 97, No. 30).
6. Repealer of subsections (a)-(a)(3)(B), subsection relettering, and amendment of remainder of section filed 9-21-98; operative 10-21-98 (Register 98, No. 39).
7. Amendment of section heading filed 5-5-2005; operative 5-5-2005 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2005, No. 18).
8. Amendment of subsections (a)(1), (a)(3)-(4) and (a)(9) filed 12-31-2009; operative 12-31-2009 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(Register 2010, No. 1).
9. Amendment filed 10-16-2015; operative 1/1/2016 (Register 2015, No. 42).
10. Editorial correction restoring table heading (Register 2018, No. 2).
11. Change without regulatory effect repealing subsections (a)-(a)(3)(B) and relettering subsection filed 10-31-2018 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2018, No. 44).
12. Amendment filed 7-18-2022; operative 7/18/2022 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2022, No. 29).
13. Change without regulatory effect repealing subsections (a)-(a)(2)(C) and relettering subsection filed 12-14-2023 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2023, No. 50).