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3.2.16 ADT/ACK - pending discharge (event A16)

An A16 event notifies other systems of a plan to discharge a patient when the patient has not yet left the healthcare facility. It is used when advanced notification of a discharge is required in order to prepare for the patient’s change in location change. For example, it is used to notify the pharmacy of the possible need for discharge drugs or to notify psychotherapy of the possible need for post-discharge appointments.

The fields included when this message is sent should be the fields pertinent to communicate this event. When other important fields change it is recommended that the A08 (update patient information) event be used instead.

ADT     ADT Message        Chapter
MSH     Message Header        2
EVN     Event Type         3
PID     Patient Identification      3
[PD1]    Additional Demographics      3
PV1     Patient Visit        3
[ PV2 ]    Patient Visit - Additional Info.    3
[ { DB1 } ]   Disability Information      3
[ { OBX } ]   Observation/Result       7
[DG1 ]   Diagnosis Information       6
[ { DRG } ]   DRG Information        6
ACK     General Acknowledgment     Chapter
MSH     Message Header        2
MSA     Message Acknowledgment      2
[ ERR ]    Error           2

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