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Abbreviation
Healthcare

readmission description

readm_desc

Usage Notes

Hospital return occurrence - Textual explanation

Global Definition

The textual explanation for a hospital return occurrence. Used to display and describe the readmission in a human-readable format. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for readmission management and reporting.

Sources

Healthcare Data Standards & Best Practices

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● application/json
{
  "abbreviation": "readm_desc",
  "fullTerm": "readmission description",
  "domain": "healthcare",
  "metadata": {
    "hasDefinition": true,
    "type": "acronym"
  }
}