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The [[Pre-admit Inpatient Institution field]] identifies the '''previous inpatient location''' of patients who were already '''inpatients''' elsewhere before coming to our unit '''from a [[Previous Location field | Previous location]] that is temporary'''(such as an ER). This does not include patients who just arrived at an ER elsewhere and were not admitted as inpatient there. | The [[Pre-admit Inpatient Institution field]] identifies the '''previous inpatient location''' of patients who were already '''inpatients''' elsewhere before coming to our unit '''from a [[Previous Location field | Previous location]] that is temporary'''(such as an ER). This does not include patients who just arrived at an ER elsewhere and were not admitted as inpatient there. | ||
For example, a patient arriving from Selkirk Hospital via the local ER would have the ER coded in the [[Previous Location field]] and Selkirk coded in the [[Pre-admit Inpatient Institution field]]. | |||
== Collection Instruction == | == Collection Instruction == | ||