Admission Method

Change History
DSCN 2017 / 07	Admitted Patient Care Data Set
DSCN (2008) 07 (W)	The Introduction of Valid Period Date Ranges for Data Items within the APC Data Set
DSCN (2006) 03 (W)	Recording and Reporting of the 2^nd Offer Scheme
DSCN 38/01 (W) Amdt	Subject: The addition of new codes in Method of Admission, Referrer Code and Referring Organisation for emergency patients admitted via the NHS direct service
DSCN 38/01 (W)	Subject: The addition of new codes in Method of Admission, Referrer Code and Referring Organisation for emergency patients via the NHS direct service
DSCN 04/01 (W)	Data Standards: Minor Changes and Corrections

This data item is / was included in the following data sets / collections between the dates shown:

Data Set / Collection	Valid From	Valid To
APC ds99	1^st April 1999

This is the method of admission to a hospital provider spell. A detailed definition of elective admission is given in Terms (A-Z) – Admission.

Format: 2 digit numeric

Value	Meaning	Valid From	Valid To
Elective Admission	(Not including transfer from other hospital provider, when the decision to admit could be separated in time from the actual admission)
11	Waiting list	Pre 28^th December 1995
12	Booked	Pre 28^th December 1995
13	Planned	Pre 28^th December 1995
14	Activity under the Welsh Assembly Government 2^nd Offer Scheme (Originating Provider)	1^st April 2006	31^st March 2017
15	Activity under the Welsh Assembly Government 2^nd Offer Scheme (Receiving Provider)	1^st April 2006	31^st March 2017
Emergency Admission
21	A & E or dental casualty department of the health care provider	Pre 28^th December 1995
22	GP: after a request for immediate admission has been made direct to a hospital provider (i.e. not through a Bed Bureau) by a General Practitioner or deputy	Pre 28^th December 1995
23	Bed bureau	Pre 28^th December 1995
24	Consultant clinic of this or another health care provider	Pre 28^th December 1995
25	Domiciliary visit by Consultant	Pre 28^th December 1995 Reinstated 1^st May 1998	30^th June 1997
27	Via NHS Direct Services	1^st September 2001
28	Other means, including admitted from the A & E department of another provider where they had not been admitted	Pre 28^th December 1995
Maternity Admission
31	Admitted ante-partum	Pre 28^th December 1995
32	Admitted post-partum	Pre 28^th December 1995

Other
81	Transfer of any admitted patient from other hospital provider. May be used for an elective or emergency transfer from other hospital provider.	Pre 28^th December 1995
82	The birth of a baby in this health care provider	Pre 28^th December 1995
83	Baby born outside the health care provider (except when born at home as intended. In this case the baby is an emergency admission. e.g. if midwife's decision to admit the baby use Admission Method 28)	Pre 28^th December 1995
98	Not Applicable	1^st May 1998	20^th January 2002
99	Not Known	Pre 28^th December 1995	20^th January 2002
See Originating Provider See Receiving Provider