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PATIENT

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#	Name	Location	Type	Details	Index	Description
.01	patient	0;1	POINTER	2		Patient for whom appointment data relates.
.09	ssn		COMPUTED			Social Security number of the patient for whom appointment data relates.
.099	terminal digits		COMPUTED			Computed field which determines the last four digits of the SSN.
.11	street		COMPUTED			First line street address of the patient.
1	length of app't	0;2	NUMERIC			Length of appointment in minutes (i.e. 15-60).
1.6	enrollment code		COMPUTED			Computed enrollment code assigned a patient for outpatient care.
1.7	enrollment date		COMPUTED			Date patient was enrolled in a clinic.
2	xray	0;3	FREE TEXT			X-ray ordered in association with an appointment.
3	other	0;4	FREE TEXT			Any other tests ordered in association with an appointment
4	ward loc	0;5	FREE TEXT			Ward location of patient if an inpatient at the time of appointment.
5	status		COMPUTED			Status of appointment, i.e. scheduled, unscheduled, cancelled, etc.
6	other, travel		COMPUTED			Other information, i.e. travel in association with this appointment.
7	data entry clerk	0;6	POINTER	200		Clerk who entered the appointment.
8	date appointment made	0;7	DATE-TIME			Date/time appointment was placed into the package.
9	overbook	OB;1	SET OF CODES	O:OVERBOOK		Was this appointment an overbook, or scheduled over the maximum number of appointments allowed for that day/slot.
10	prior x-ray results to clinic?	0;8	BOOLEAN	Y:YES		Are prior x-ray results required to be sent to clinic at time of appointment?
10.5	current eligibility code		COMPUTED			Patient's current eligibility code as assigned in the Registration portion of ADT.
11	collateral		COMPUTED			Is this appointment for a collateral of a veteran?
12	lab time		COMPUTED			Date/time lab work scheduled.
13	xray time		COMPUTED			Date/time x-ray scheduled.
14	ekg time		COMPUTED			Date/time EKG procedure scheduled.
30	eligibility of visit	0;10	POINTER	8		This field was previously called NON-VETERAN VISIT ELIGIBILITY. It now contains the eligibility being used at the time of the appointment. If a patient has Other Entitled Eligibilities (replaces Dual Status), the appointment options will prompt for eligibility and be set here.
200	parent record request #	RTR;1	POINTER	190.1		This field contains the request number from the record tracking system. It will only have a request number if the clinic requires records for an appointment and if the site is utilitizing the record tracking module. The request number represents the 'parent' request for records. This parent request may then, in turn, indicate that more than one record request is associated with this appointment. For example, if the patient's medical record has two volumes then there maybe a request issued for each volume. The request for volume 1 maybe the initial(parent) request and the request for the second volume would have volumes 1's request as its parent. Also, requests for x-ray film folders, dental records etc. maybe linked to this parent request.
302	check in user	C;2	POINTER	200		This field contains the user who checked in the patient for the appointment. It is automatically filled in when the CHECKED-IN field(#309) is entered.
303	checked out	C;3	DATE-TIME			This field contains the date and time the patient was checked out of the appointment.
304	check out user	C;4	POINTER	200		This field contains the user who checked out the patient for the appointment. It is automatically entered when the CHECKED OUT field(#303) is entered.
305	check in entered	C;5	DATE-TIME			Date and time that the 'check in' was entered into the system. This field is automatically filled in when the CHECKED-IN(#309) field is entered.
306	check out entered	C;6	DATE-TIME			Date and time that the 'check out' was entered into the system. This field is automatically filled in when the CHECKED-OUT(#303) field is entered.
309	checked-in	C;1	DATE-TIME			This field contains the date and time the patient was checked in for the appointment.
310	appointment cancelled?	0;9	SET OF CODES	C:CANCELLED		Was appointment cancelled?
688	consult link	CONS;1	POINTER	123	AWAS1	This field links the appointment to a consult.
999	duplicate app'ts same day		COMPUTED			Did the patient have duplicate appointments on the same day?