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ALC (Alternate Level of Care) may appear as a service when a patient is admitted under medicine. It really isn't a service but rather a designation which is given when a patient is waiting for discharge, for various reasons. The patient remains under their admitting service in addition to having an ALC designation. eg. HSC ALC medicine/ CIVP means they are waiting on CIVP (community IV program), HSC ALC medicine / Panel Appr PCH means they are waiting placement in a PCH. ALC is not specific to medicine, the above list of ALC services shows that it can be rehab, surgery, psych, etc | ALC (Alternate Level of Care) may appear as a service when a patient is admitted under medicine. It really isn't a service but rather a designation which is given when a patient is waiting for discharge, for various reasons. The patient remains under their admitting service in addition to having an ALC designation. eg. HSC ALC medicine/ CIVP means they are waiting on CIVP (community IV program), HSC ALC medicine / Panel Appr PCH means they are waiting placement in a PCH. ALC is not specific to medicine, the above list of ALC services shows that it can be rehab, surgery, psych, etc | ||
* [[File:GRA ALC Form.pdf]] | * ALC Forms - appears to be using [[ICD10]] codes to track these | ||
** [[File:GRA ALC Form.pdf]] | |||
** [[File:HSC ALC Form.pdf]] | |||
* [[File:Alternate Level of Care EPR Sub-service Designations.pdf]] - list of codes used as extensions in [[Cognos2 Services table]] | * [[File:Alternate Level of Care EPR Sub-service Designations.pdf]] - list of codes used as extensions in [[Cognos2 Services table]] | ||
* [[HSC ALC Medicine Service]] - hows up as a service among the options as a [[Service tmp entry]] in [[Cognos2 Services table]] in the [[Cognos EPR Report]]; | * [[HSC ALC Medicine Service]] - hows up as a service among the options as a [[Service tmp entry]] in [[Cognos2 Services table]] in the [[Cognos EPR Report]]; | ||