Patient discharge definition

Patient discharge means the termination of an inpatient admission or observation stay, including an admission as a result of a birth, in a Washington hospital.
Patient discharge means the termination of an in- patient admission or observation stay, including an admission as a re- sult of a birth, in a Washington hospital.
Patient discharge means the termination of an inpa- tient admission or stay, including an admission as a result of a birth, in a Washington hospital.

Examples of Patient discharge in a sentence

  • They also make their own clinical decision at all times and are responsible for, but not limited to, the procedures pre-operative consultation process, obtaining the Patients informed consent, the pre and post-operative care and care plans, the Patient discharge from the hospital, the outcome of the procedure and any of the surgical aspects of the procedure for which they are professionally responsible.

  • The patient’s age or date of birth Patient sex Patient discharge status – The hospital discharge status code The dataset must also contain both facility and professional claims.


More Definitions of Patient discharge

Patient discharge means the termination of an inpatient

Related to Patient discharge

  • Illicit discharge means any discharge to the municipal separate storm sewer system that is not composed entirely of stormwater and not specifically exempted under §14-507(2).

  • Non-stormwater discharge means any discharge not comprised entirely of stormwater discharges authorized by a NPDES permit.

  • Daily discharge means the discharge of a pollutant measured during a calendar day or any 24-hour period that reasonably represents the calendar day for purposes of sampling. For pollutants with limitations expressed in units of mass, the "daily discharge" is calculated as the total mass of the pollutant discharged over the day. For pollutants with limitations expressed in other units of measurement, the "daily discharge" is calculated as the average measurement of the pollutant over the day.