HL7 Component Table - PL - Person Location
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| Seq# | Description | Interpretation | Flags | Cardinality | Length | C.LEN | Vocabulary | Data Type | Implement | Cardinality | Vocabulary |
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Point of Care | C Condition defined for this element [1..1] [0..0] |
noObject (CD VS) | HD | MAY | (CS) | |||||
| 2 |
Room | [0..1] | noObject (CD VS) | HD | (CS) | ||||||
| 3 |
Bed | [0..1] | noObject (CD VS) | HD | (CS) | ||||||
| 4 |
Facility | [0..1] | HD | ||||||||
| 5 |
Location Status | [0..1] | noObject (CD VS) | IS | (CS) | ||||||
| 6 |
Person Location Type | [0..1] | personLocationType (CD VS) | IS | (CS) | ||||||
| 7 |
Building | [0..1] | noObject (CD VS) | HD | (CS) | ||||||
| 8 |
Floor | [0..1] | noObject (CD VS) | HD | (CS) | ||||||
| 9 |
Location Description | [0..1] | ST | ||||||||
| 10 |
Comprehensive Location Identifier | [0..1] | EI | ||||||||
| 11 |
Assigning Authority for Location | [0..1] | noObject (CD VS) | HD | (CS) | ||||||
The root for the expression is on the segment.
| Seq. | Referenced Elements | Introduction | Invariant | Comment | proposed Optionality |
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| 1 | ? | Point of Care |
Definition: This data type is used to specify a patient location within a healthcare institution. Which components are valued depends on the needs of the site. For example for a patient treated at home, only the person location type is valued. It is most commonly used for specifying patient locations, but may refer to other types of locations within a healthcare setting.
Example: Nursing Unit
A nursing unit at Community Hospital: 4 East, room 136, bed B
4E^136^B^CommunityHospital^^N^^^
Example: Clinic
A clinic at University Hospitals: Internal Medicine Clinic located in the Briones building, 3rd floor.
InternalMedicine^^^UniversityHospitals^^C^Briones^3^
Example: Home
The patient was treated at his home.
^^^^^H^^^
Definition: This component specifies the code for the point where patient care is administered. It is conditional on PL.6 Person Location Type (e.g., nursing unit or department or clinic). After floor, it is the most general patient location designation. Refer to User-defined Table 0302 - Point of Care for suggested values.
Definition: This component specifies the code for the patient's room. After point of care, it is the most general person location designation. Refer to User-defined Table 0303 - Room for suggested values.
Definition: This component specifies the code for the patient's bed. After room, it is the most general person location designation. Refer to User-defined Table 0304 - Bed for suggested values.
Definition: This component is subject to site interpretation but generally describes the highest level physical designation of an institution, medical center or enterprise. It is the most general person location designation.
See Section 2.A.33, “HD - hierarchic designator” for discussion of data type.
Definition: This component specifies the code for the status or availability of the location. For example, it may convey bed status. Refer to User-defined Table 0306 - Location Status for suggested values.
Definition: Person location type is the categorization of the person’s location defined by facility, building, floor, point of care, room or bed. Although not a required field, when used, it may be the only populated field. It usually includes values such as nursing unit, department, clinic, SNF, physician’s office. Refer to User-defined Table 0305 - Person location type for suggested values.
Definition: This component specifies the code for the building where the person is located. After facility, it is the most general person location designation. Refer to User-defined Table 0307 - Building for suggested values.
Definition: This component specifies the code for the floor where the person is located. After building, it is the most general person location designation. Refer to User-defined Table 0308 - Floor for suggested values.
Definition: This component describes the location in free text.
Definition: The unique identifier that represents the physical location as a whole without regard for the individual components. This accommodates sites that may have a different method of defining physical units or who may code at a less granular level. For example, point of care, room, and bed may be 1 indivisible code.
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