| 0 |
Unknown Value (but present in data) |
| 01 |
Discharged to home/self-care (routine charge). |
| 02 |
Discharged/transferred to other short term general hospital for inpatient care. |
| 03 |
Discharged/transferred to skilled nursing facility (SNF) with Medicare certification in anticipation of covered skilled care — (For hospitals with an approved swing bed arrangement, use Code 61 — swing bed. For reporting discharges/transfers to a non-certified SNF, the hospital must use Code 04 — ICF. |
| 04 |
Discharged/transferred to intermediate care facility (ICF). |
| 05 |
Discharged/transferred to another type of institution for inpatient care (including distinct parts). NOTE: Effective 1/2005, psychiatric hospital or psychiatric distinct part unit of a hospital will no longer be identified by this code. New code is '65'. |
| 06 |
Discharged/transferred to home care of organized home health service organization. |
| 07 |
Left against medical advice or discontinued care. |
| 08 |
Discharged/transferred to home under care of a home IV drug therapy provider. (discontinued effective 10/1/2005) |
| 09 |
Admitted as an inpatient to this hospital (effective 3/1/1991). In situations where a patient is admitted before midnight of the third day following the day of an outpatient service, the outpatient services are considered inpatient. |
| 20 |
Expired (patient did not recover). |
| 21 |
Discharged/transferred to court/law enforcement. |
| 30 |
Still patient. |
| 40 |
Expired at home (hospice claims only) |
| 41 |
Expired in a medical facility such as hospital, SNF, ICF, or freestanding hospice. (Hospice claims only) |
| 42 |
Expired — place unknown (Hospice claims only) |
| 43 |
Discharged/transferred to a federal hospital (eff. 10/1/2003) |
| 50 |
Discharged/transferred to a Hospice — home. |
| 51 |
Discharged/transferred to a Hospice — medical facility. |
| 61 |
Discharged/transferred within this institution to a hospital-based Medicare approved swing bed (eff. 9/2001) |
| 62 |
Discharged/transferred to an inpatient rehabilitation facility including distinct parts units of a hospital. (eff. 1/2002) |
| 63 |
Discharged/transferred to a long-term care hospital. (eff. 1/2002) |
| 64 |
Discharged/transferred to a nursing facility certified under Medicaid but not under Medicare (eff. 10/2002) |
| 65 |
Discharged/Transferred to a psychiatric hospital or psychiatric distinct unit of a hospital (these types of hospitals were pulled from patient/discharge status code '05' and given their own code). (eff. 1/2005). |
| 66 |
Discharged/transferred to a Critical Access Hospital (CAH) (eff. 1/1/2006) |
| 69 |
Discharged/transferred to a designated disaster alternative care site (starting 10/2013; applies only to particular MS-DRGs*) |
| 70 |
Discharged/transferred to another type of health care institution not defined elsewhere in code list. |
| 71 |
Discharged/transferred/referred to another institution for outpatient services as specified by the discharge plan of care (eff. 9/2001) (discontinued eff. 10/1/2005) |
| 72 |
Discharged/transferred/referred to this institution for outpatient services as specified by the discharge plan of care (eff. 9/2001) (discontinued eff. 10/1/2005) |
| 81 |
Discharged to home or self-care with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission. |
| 82 |
Discharged/transferred to a short-term general hospital for inpatient care with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission. |
| 83 |
Discharged/transferred to a skilled nursing facility (SNF) with Medicare certification with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission. |
| 84 |
Discharged/transferred to a facility that provides custodial or supportive care with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission. |
| 85 |
Discharged/transferred to a designated cancer center or children’s hospital with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission. |
| 86 |
Discharged/transferred to home under care of organized home health service organization with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission. |
| 87 |
Discharged/transferred to court/law enforcement with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission. |
| 88 |
Discharged/transferred to a federal health care facility with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission. |
| 89 |
Discharged/transferred to a hospital-based Medicare approved swing bed with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission. |
| 90 |
Discharged/transferred to an inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) including rehabilitation distinct part units of a hospital with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission. |
| 91 |
Discharged/transferred to a Medicare certified long term care hospital (LTCH) with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission. |
| 92 |
Discharged/transferred to a nursing facility certified under Medicaid but not certified under Medicare with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission. |
| 93 |
Discharged/transferred to a psychiatric distinct part unit of a hospital with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission. |
| 94 |
Discharged/transferred to a critical access hospital (CAH) with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission. |
| 95 |
Discharged/transferred to another type of health care institution not defined elsewhere in this code list with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission. |