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An interaction between a patient and healthcare provider(s) for the purpose of providing healthcare service(s) or assessing the health status of a patient. See the HL7 FHIR R4 spec for full details. Previous version: encounter Tables in this resource: Reference table: encounter_references holds the following reference properties: subject (→ patient), location.location (→ location), participant.individual (→ practitioner), diagnosis.condition (from encounter_diagnosis stage table, → condition). See Reference Tables. Primary Keys:
  • encounter_id
Foreign Keys:
  • patient_id - links to the patient table (subject)
† Metriport Platform added
ColumnData TypeDescription
encounter_idvarcharUnique identifier for the encounter
patient_idvarcharUnique identifier for the patient (subject)
statusvarcharStatus of the encounter (e.g. planned, in-progress, finished)
period_startdatetimeStart date/time of the encounter
period_enddatetimeEnd date/time of the encounter
length_of_stay†integerLength of stay in days
act_code†varcharACT code for encounter class when system is v3-ActCode
act_display†varcharHuman-readable description of ACT code
class_codevarcharEncounter class code from source system
class_displayvarcharEncounter class display from source system
class_systemvarcharEncounter class system from source system
hospitalization_dischargedisposition_textvarcharFree-text discharge disposition
hospitalization_dischargedisposition_hl7_code†varcharHL7 discharge disposition code (discharge-disposition)
hospitalization_dischargedisposition_hl7_display†varcharHuman-readable discharge disposition
reasoncode_snomed_code†varcharSNOMED CT code for reason for encounter
reasoncode_snomed_display†varcharHuman-readable SNOMED CT reason for encounter
priority_textvarcharFree-text priority of the encounter
meta_sourcevarcharSource document filename from FHIR meta.source
data_source_ext†varcharIntegration source of the data, derived from FHIR extension
Related Tables: Parent: Child:

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Version diff

Renamed
  • start_date → period_start
  • end_date → period_end
  • source_class_code → class_code
  • source_class_display → class_display
  • source_class_system → class_system
  • discharge_disposition_hl7_code → hospitalization_dischargedisposition_hl7_code
  • discharge_disposition_hl7_display → hospitalization_dischargedisposition_hl7_display
  • reason_snomed_code → reasoncode_snomed_code
  • reason_snomed_display → reasoncode_snomed_display
  • data_source → meta_source
Moved to separate tables