Patient Status at Discharge

Specifications Manual for Joint Commission National Quality Measures (v2016B1)

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Release Notes:
Data Element
Version 2016B1

Data Element Name:

Patient Status at Discharge

Collected For:

HBIPS-5,

Definition:

Documentation in the medical record of the patient's status at at the time the patient left the hospital-based inpatient psychiatric care setting

Suggested Data Collection Question:

What was the patient’s status at the time the patient left the hospital-based inpatient psychiatric care setting?

Format:

Length:	1
Type:	Alphanumeric
Occurs:	1

Allowable Values:

1 The medical record contains documentation that the patient was discharged from the hospital-based inpatient psychiatric care setting AND hospital system at the same time

2 The medical record contains documentation of one of the following:

the patient eloped and was discharged
the patient failed to return from leave and was discharged
the patient has not yet been discharged from the hospital
the patient was discharged from the hospital to another level of care outside of the hospital system from a setting other than a Psychiatric Care Setting

3 Unable to determine from medical record documentation.

Notes for Abstraction:

If the patient was in an acute-care hospital and had multiple admissions to the psychiatric unit during his or her hospitalization, this information should be abstracted only once at the time of discharge from the hospital.

When a patient checks himself out of a hospital against the advice of his doctor (AMA), select allowable value 2.

When a patient is released from a psychiatric inpatient stay directly after a court hearing, select allowable value 2.

Suggested Data Sources:

Progress notes
Physicians notes
Discharge summary

Additional Notes:

Guidelines for Abstraction:

Inclusion	Exclusion
None	None

Patient Status at Discharge

Specifications Manual for Joint Commission National Quality Measures (v2016B1)
Discharges 01-01-17 (1Q17) through 06-30-17 (2Q17)