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LOINC 2.82

Specialty care unit Type [NHCS]

Definition

  • The kind of hospital unit having any necessary specialized equipment and/or personnel for handling critically ill or injured patients. This term was created for, but not limited in use to, the Specialty Unit Type in the HL7 Implementation Guide for CDA® Release 2: National Health Care Surveys Release 1.

Component

  • Specialty care unit

Specimen / system

  • Hospital

Class

  • SURVEY.NHCS

Property

  • Type

Scale

  • Nom

Method

  • NHCS

Related names

  • Hosp; Inpatient; Nominal; Point in time; Random; Spclty; Survey; SURVEY.NHCS; Typ

Index terms

  • Hosp
  • Inpatient
  • Nominal
  • Point in time
  • Random
  • Spclty
  • Survey
  • SURVEY.NHCS
  • Typ