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An admission note is part of a medical record that documents the patient's status (including history and physical examination findings), reasons why the patient is being admitted for inpatient care to a hospital or other facility, and the initial instructions for that patient's care.
The information contained in the medical record allows health care providers to determine the patient's medical history and provide informed care. The medical record serves as the central repository for planning patient care and documenting communication among patient and health care provider and professionals contributing to the patient's care.
Inpatient care is the care of patients whose condition requires admission to a hospital. Progress in modern medicine and the advent of comprehensive out-patient clinics ensure that patients are only admitted to a hospital when they are extremely ill or have severe physical trauma .
The principal diagnosis, additional diagnoses alongside intervention codes essentially depict a patient's admission to a hospital. [4] Diagnoses codes are subjected to ethical considerations as they contribute to the total coded medical record in health services areas such as a hospital.
The patient health record is the primary legal record documenting the health care services provided to a person in any aspect of the health care system. The term includes routine clinical or office records, records of care in any health related setting, preventive care, lifestyle evaluation, research protocols and various clinical databases.
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Since many E.R. visits continue into Inpatient Hospital admissions, the spending incurred during any E.R. visit resulting in an Inpatient Hospital Admission gets transferred to the Hospital Inpatient Stays event file (identifiable using the ERHEVIDX variable) and the medical expenditure cannot be divided out between pre- and post-admission. [18]