Discharge Destination

Change History
DSCN 2022 / 06	Main Specialty (Consultant) (AMD)
DSCN 2019 / 09	National Cancer Data Standards for Wales – Core
DSCN 2019 / 04	APC – Source of Admission / Discharge Destination
DSCN 2009 / 09	NHS Reforms: NHS Wales Data Definition Update
DSCN (2008) 07 (W)	The Introduction of Valid Period Date Ranges for Data Items within the APC Data Set
DSCN (2006) 08 (W)	Data Standards: Source of Admission, Discharge Destination value of '51 and '55'
DSCN 09/02 (W)	Data Standards: Changes in High Security Psychiatric Services
DSCN 30/01 (W)	Data Standards: The implementation of new codes for Source of Admission and Discharge Destination to indicate admissions from the discharges to hospital providers in the same Trust. In line with the new definitions for Provider (Trust) Spell, Hospital Site Spell and Discharge

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
National Cancer Ds - Core

The classification of where a patient is sent on completion of a hospital provider spell, or a note that the patient died or was a still birth.

Format: 2 digit numeric

Value	Meaning	Valid From	Valid To
19	Own home	Pre 28^th December 1995
19	Own home	Amended 1^st April 2019
20	Permanent residence at nursing home, residential care home	1st April 2019
21	Temporary residence at nursing home, residential care home	1st April 2019
22	No fixed abode	1st April 2019
23	Hospice	1st April 2019
29	Temporary place of residence when usually resident elsewhere (includes hotel, residential educational establishment)	Pre 28^th December 1995
39	Penal establishment, court or police station or police custody suite	Pre 28^th December 1995
39		Amended 1st April 2019
49	Special Hospital	Pre 28^thDecember 1995	31^st December 2002
51	Patient transfer to another health board / trust	Pre 28^th December 1995 Amended 28^th February 2006 Amended 1^st October 2009
51	Patient transfer to another health board / trust	Amended 1^st April 2019
52	Other Local Health Board/Trust - ward for maternity patients or neonates	Pre 28^th December 1995 Amended 1^st October 2009	31st March 2019
53	Other Local Health Board/Trust - ward for patients who are mentally ill or have learning disabilities	Pre 28^th December 1995 Amended 1^st October 2009	31st March 2019
54	NHS run nursing home, group home or residential care home	Pre 28^th December 1995	31st March 2019
55	Patient transfer within the same health board / trust	1^st September 2001 Amended 28^th February 2006 Amended 1^st October 2009
55	Patient transfer within the same health board / trust	Amended 1^st April 2019
56	Hospital site within the same Local Health Board/Trust - ward for maternity patients or neonates	1^st September 2001 Amended 1^st October 2009	31st March 2019
57	Hospital site within the same Local Health Board/Trust - ward for patients who are mentally ill or have learning disabilities	1^st September 2001 Amended 1^st October 2009	31st March 2019
65	Local Authority Part 3 residential accommodation i.e. where care is provided	Pre 28^th December 1995
66	Local authority foster care but not in Part 3 residential accommodation	Pre 28^th December 1995
69	Under local authority care – residential or foster care	Pre 28^th December 1995	31^st March 2001
79*	Not Applicable - Patient died or stillbirth	Pre 28^th December 1995
85	Non-NHS (other than local authority) run residential care home	Pre 28^th December 1995	31st March 2019
86	Non-NHS (other than local authority) run nursing home	Pre 28^th December 1995	31st March 2019
87	Patient transfer to Non-NHS run hospital includes private hospitals e.g. BUPA	Pre 28^th December 1995
87		Amended 1^st April 2019
88	Non-NHS (other than Local Authority) run Hospice	1^st July 1997	31st March 2019
89	Other non NHS Hospital, Nursing Home or Residential institution	Pre 28^th December 1995	31^st March 2001
98	Not applicable - hospital provider spell not finished at episode end (i.e. not discharged, or current episode unfinished)	1^st July 1997
99	Not Known	1^st July 1997	20^th January 2002
Spaces	Hospital provider spell not yet finished	Pre 28^th December 1995	30^th April 1998

* Derived when Discharge Method = 4 or 5