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A patient discharge status code is a two-digit code that identifies where the patient is at the conclusion of a health care facility encounter (this could be a visit or an actual inpatient stay) or at the time end of a billing cycle (the ‘through' date of a claim).
Medicare requires that when discharging a patient from an inpatient stay, the discharging facility reports the discharge disposition in the “Patient Discharge Status” field (FL 17). The claim must include the discharge status code that most accurately reflects the discharge of the patient.
This code indicates the disposition or discharge status of the beneficiary on the submitted claim. The NUBC approved patient status code 70 and defined it as “discharge/transfer to another type of health care institution not defined elsewhere in the code list.”
The discharge status code identifies where the patient is being discharged to at the end of their facility stay or transferred to such as an acute/post-acute facility. The discharging facility should ensure that documentation in the patient’s medical record supports the billed discharge status code.
Search for a Patient Status. Last Updated Dec 09 , 2023. View patient discharge status codes.
Discharge Disposition. Collected For: ACHF, ASR-IP-3, CSTK-02, CSTK-10, HBIPS-5, PAL-05, PC-04, PC-05, PC-06, STK-10, STK-2, STK-3, STK-6, STK-8. Definition: The final place or setting to which the patient was discharged on the day of discharge. Question:
SAR (subacute rehab) and SNF (skilled nursing facility) refer to the same disposition option and are often used interchangeably. To break it down to semantics: Subacute rehab refers to the array of services that take place WITHIN a physical building called a skilled nursing facility; Type of care provided
To assure proper payment under the Medicare Severity-Diagnosis Related Group (MS-DRG) payment system, hospitals must be sure to code the discharge/transfer status of patients accurately to reflect the level of post-discharge care to be received by the patient. Download the Guidance Document.
For many years, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has required the assignment of Present on Admission Indicators (POAs) and Patient Discharge Status codes—otherwise known as discharge disposition (DD) codes.
Consider discharge disposition documentation in the discharge summary or a post-discharge addendum as day of discharge documentation, regardless of when it was dictated/written. If documentation is contradictory, use the latest documentation.