Stream: implementers
Topic: Encounter.class value set
Floyd Eisenberg (May 07 2021 at 17:02):
Question about the Encounter.class value set and its extensible binding: https://terminology.hl7.org/2.1.0/ValueSet-v3-ActEncounterCode.html. The concepts seems to have some ambiguity. Should we be interpreting these concepts as defined by clinical criteria rather than billing practices? E.g., "outpatient" as defined for hospital outpatient services is not specifically covered, and (2) virtual includes email, telemedicine and robotic procedures. How can we specify / differentiate we want to express telemedicine (not the other choices). From the definition of extensible we can't include a code for telemedicine because it is covered in Virtual - can the value set be expanded and updated.
David Pyke (May 07 2021 at 17:22):
Outpatient is typically called Ambulatory (AMB). For telemedicine, you're asking to sub-categorize virtual and say it was telemedicine?
Floyd Eisenberg (May 11 2021 at 20:31):
@David Pyke In US hospitals, especially related to claims, the term "outpatient" refers to services provided by the hospital to patients who are not admitted. That is distinctive from "ambulatory."
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