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: ACH Daily Encounter Class ValueSet - JSON Representation

Page standards status: Trial-use

Maturity Level: 1

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{
  "resourceType" : "ValueSet",
  "id" : "ach-daily-encounter-class",
  "text" : {
    "status" : "extensions",
    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: ValueSet ach-daily-encounter-class</b></p><a name=\"ach-daily-encounter-class\"> </a><a name=\"hcach-daily-encounter-class\"> </a><ul><li>Include these codes as defined in <a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/6.5.0/CodeSystem-v3-ActCode.html\"><code>http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode</code></a> version <code>9.0.0</code><table class=\"none\"><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/6.5.0/CodeSystem-v3-ActCode.html#v3-ActCode-ACUTE\">ACUTE</a></td><td>inpatient acute</td><td>An acute inpatient encounter.</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/6.5.0/CodeSystem-v3-ActCode.html#v3-ActCode-IMP\">IMP</a></td><td>inpatient encounter</td><td>A patient encounter where a patient is admitted by a hospital or equivalent facility, assigned to a location where patients generally stay at least overnight and provided with room, board, and continuous nursing service.</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/6.5.0/CodeSystem-v3-ActCode.html#v3-ActCode-NONAC\">NONAC</a></td><td>inpatient non-acute</td><td>Any category of inpatient encounter except 'acute'</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/6.5.0/CodeSystem-v3-ActCode.html#v3-ActCode-OBSENC\">OBSENC</a></td><td>observation encounter</td><td>An encounter where the patient usually will start in different encounter, such as one in the emergency department (EMER) but then transition to this type of encounter because they require a significant period of treatment and monitoring to determine whether or not their condition warrants an inpatient admission or discharge. In the majority of cases the decision about admission or discharge will occur within a time period determined by local, regional or national regulation, often between 24 and 48 hours.</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/6.5.0/CodeSystem-v3-ActCode.html#v3-ActCode-SS\">SS</a></td><td>short stay</td><td>An encounter where the patient is admitted to a health care facility for a predetermined length of time, usually less than 24 hours.</td></tr></table></li></ul></div>"
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            "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-conformance-derivedFrom",
            "valueCanonical" : "http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/fhirportal/dqm/ig/ImplementationGuide/gov.cdc.nhsn.measures"
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    }
  ],
  "url" : "http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/fhirportal/dqm/ig/ValueSet/ach-daily-encounter-class",
  "version" : "1.0.0",
  "name" : "AcuteCareHospitalDailyEventEncounterClass",
  "title" : "ACH Daily Encounter Class ValueSet",
  "status" : "active",
  "experimental" : false,
  "date" : "2025-09-28T15:20:22+00:00",
  "publisher" : "CDC National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)",
  "contact" : [
    {
      "name" : "CDC National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)",
      "telecom" : [
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          "system" : "url",
          "value" : "http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn"
        },
        {
          "system" : "email",
          "value" : "nhsn@cdc.gov"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "description" : "A set of codes indicating the encounter class that represent inpatient, observation and short stay concepts.",
  "jurisdiction" : [
    {
      "coding" : [
        {
          "system" : "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
          "code" : "US"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "copyright" : "This Valueset is not copyrighted.",
  "compose" : {
    "include" : [
      {
        "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode",
        "version" : "9.0.0",
        "concept" : [
          {
            "code" : "ACUTE",
            "display" : "inpatient acute"
          },
          {
            "code" : "IMP",
            "display" : "inpatient encounter"
          },
          {
            "code" : "NONAC",
            "display" : "inpatient non-acute"
          },
          {
            "code" : "OBSENC",
            "display" : "observation encounter"
          },
          {
            "code" : "SS",
            "display" : "short stay"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}