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Domain

Clinical

EHR, ICD-10, LOINC, SNOMED CT, patient care and clinical documentation

16,101 clinical terms

discharge statedsch_st

The U.S. state or territory associated with a patient's discharge destination address, such as a home address or receiving facility location. Used in care transition documentation, post-acute referral coordination, and geographic analytics to support continuity of care and population health reporting across regional boundaries.

discharge statusdsch_sts

Stores the standardized UB-04 patient discharge status code indicating a patient's disposition at release, such as home, skilled nursing facility, or expired, used in claims adjudication, EHR encounter finalization, readmission tracking, and CMS quality measure calculations.

discharge street addressdsch_st_addr

The street-level mailing or residential address of the location to which a patient is discharged from an inpatient hospital stay. Used in care transition planning, post-discharge follow-up coordination, and health services research to enable home health referrals, patient outreach, and geographic access analyses.

discharge strengthdsch_str

The concentration or dosage strength of a medication prescribed or dispensed to a patient at the time of inpatient hospital discharge. Documented in discharge medication reconciliation records to ensure accurate medication management, reduce adverse drug events, and support continuity of pharmacological therapy in post-acute settings.

discharge subtotaldsch_subtot

A partial aggregation of charges, costs, or service units associated with specific components of an inpatient hospital stay, calculated prior to the application of adjustments, taxes, or additional fees. Used in hospital billing, claims preparation, and financial reporting to provide an itemized breakdown of inpatient service costs at discharge.

discharge surgery datedsch_surg_dt

The date on which a surgical procedure was performed in association with a patient's hospital discharge event. Used in inpatient clinical records to correlate operative timing with discharge planning, length of stay calculations, and post-surgical care coordination.

discharge system identifierdsch_sys_id

The unique system-generated key assigned to a specific hospital discharge record within a clinical or administrative data platform. Enables consistent tracking and linkage of discharge events across inpatient systems, claims processing, and care transition workflows.

discharge targetdsch_tgt

Specifies the intended destination facility, setting, or care level planned for a patient following hospital discharge, used in EHR care management workflows, post-acute referral tracking systems, and payer utilization management platforms to coordinate transitions of care.

discharge taxonomy codedsch_tax_cd

The NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code identifying the specialty classification of the provider responsible for the patient's hospital discharge. Used in inpatient claims and clinical records to categorize the type of care delivered at the point of patient release.

discharge temperaturedsch_temp

The patient's body temperature measurement recorded at the time of hospital discharge. Used as a clinical vital sign to confirm patient stability before release, supporting discharge readiness assessments and post-acute care documentation in inpatient records.

discharge termination datedsch_term_dt

The date on which a hospital discharge episode, associated care plan, or discharge-related benefit coverage period ended. Used in inpatient and post-acute care data to define the boundaries of discharge-related services and support claims adjudication and utilization reporting.

discharge timedsch_tm

Records the specific time of day at which a hospital patient was formally released, captured in EHR admission-discharge-transfer systems and used in operational analytics for bed management, length-of-stay calculations, nursing workflow optimization, and claims timestamp validation.

discharge timestampdsch_ts

Stores the combined date and time value marking the exact moment of hospital patient release in EHR ADT event feeds and claims systems, used for precise length-of-stay computation, readmission window calculations, HL7 transaction sequencing, and audit trail documentation.

discharge titledsch_ttl

The formal label or designation assigned to a hospital discharge record, episode type, or associated discharge document. Used in inpatient data management to categorize and reference discharge events within clinical documentation, reporting hierarchies, and administrative workflows.

discharge totaldsch_tot

Represents the aggregate sum of charges, services, or units associated with a hospital discharge event in claims and revenue cycle systems, used in facility billing reconciliation, DRG payment validation, payer contract performance reporting, and inpatient cost analysis workflows.

discharge total countdsch_tot_cnt

The aggregate number of discharge events recorded within a defined population, time period, or facility. Used in inpatient utilization reporting and hospital performance analytics to measure discharge volume, track trends, and support capacity planning and quality benchmarking.

discharge typedsch_typ

Classifies the category of hospital patient release using standardized code sets such as UB-04 discharge status or facility-specific disposition taxonomies in EHR and claims systems, enabling segmentation of discharges by planned versus unplanned, AMA, or transfer scenarios.

discharge unitdsch_unt

Identifies the hospital department, nursing unit, or clinical service area from which a patient was discharged in EHR ADT systems, used in operational reporting, unit-level quality benchmarking, staffing analytics, and downstream claims-to-encounter reconciliation processes.

discharge updated datedsch_upd_dt

The most recent date on which a hospital discharge record was modified within a clinical or administrative system. Used in data governance and audit workflows to track record changes, ensure data integrity, and identify the timeliness of updates in inpatient documentation.

discharge urgencydsch_urg

The classification indicating the degree of time sensitivity associated with a patient's hospital discharge, such as routine, urgent, or immediate. Used in inpatient care management to prioritize discharge planning resources, coordinate post-acute services, and support safe transition of care.

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