Files > VISIT

name
VISIT
number
9000010
location
^AUPNVSIT(
description
This file contains a record of all patient visits at health care facilities or by health care providers, including direct outpatient and clinic visits, as well as inpatient encounters with providers of care. All other visit related files, such as purpose of visit (diagnoses), operative procedures, immunizations, examinations, etc. will point to a visit in this file. The records are maintained by date/time of visit, and the patient name field is a pointer to the IHS Patient file, where the patient must exist before data can be added here. Cross References: ("AA",,<9's-visit date+time>,IEN)= ("AAH",,<9's-visit date+time>,IEN)="" set conditional SERVICE CATEGORY = Hospitalization ("ABILL",, IEN)="" set conditional to site parameter ("AC",,IEN)="" ("AD", ,IEN)="" ("ADEL",,IEN)="" set conditional DEPENDENT ENTRY COUNT '> 0 ("AI",IEN)="" set conditional SERVICE CATEGORY = In hospital ("AMRG",,IEN)="" ("APCIS",,IEN)=""
Fields
#NameLocationTypeDetailsIndexDescription
.01visit/admit date&time(+)0;1DATE-TIMEBType date of visit. Must be between DOB and today. In the VA this reflects the visit appointment and or event date time.
.02date visit created(+)0;2DATE-TIMEGenerated when new visit added to subfile. Date visit added to file. Usually stuffed with DT. A date between 1960 and today.
.03type(+)0;3SET OF CODESI:IHS
C:CONTRACT
T:TRIBAL
O:OTHER
6:638 PROGRAM
V:VA
IHS- The type of visit. Differentiates between various categories of visit types. E.g. A visit provided by contract care funds versus a visit directing provided by IHS. I-IHS, C-Contract, V-VA, O-Other, 6-638 Program.
.05patient name(+)0;5POINTER9000001CPointer to the Patient file.
.06loc. of encounter0;6POINTER9999999.06Pointer to the location file. Location where the visit took place. In the VA, the Location file entries will be based on the current entries in the institution file, so this field represents the institution.
.07service category0;7SET OF CODESA:AMBULATORY
H:HOSPITALIZATION
I:IN HOSPITAL
C:CHART REVIEW
T:TELECOMMUNICATIONS
N:NOT FOUND
S:DAY SURGERY
O:OBSERVATION
E:EVENT (HISTORICAL)
R:NURSING HOME
D:DAILY HOSPITALIZATION DATA
X:ANCILLARY PACKAGE DAILY DATA
This service category field represents what kind of service was provided. The IHS definition is represented by a set of codes. This field can be used by IHS to screen on service categories. The VA continues to populate this field to be backward compatible with IHS utilities depending on this field. The VA uses the Service Provided file (#150.1) to define a more detailed file of services provided. When a VA user identifies the Service Provided (field 15001), a trigger will automatically populate this service category based on relationships between entries in File 150.1 and the set of codes for this field. The population of this field is dependent upon entries provided by applicaions as well as default values and caculated codes.
.08dss id0;8POINTER40.7Pointer to the Clinic Stop file. Organized clinic in which this visit took place. E.g. Pediatrics, General
.09dependent entry count0;9NUMERICIHS- a count of how many "V" file entries are pointing to this visit. If the count is zero, the visit should be deleted. Field is updated by a cross reference in each "V" file that calls routine ADD^AUPNVSIT or SUB^AUPNVSIT.
.11delete flag0;11SET OF CODES0:ACTIVE
1:DELETED
Flag set to signify that the visit has been deleted.
.12parent visit link0;12POINTER9000010ADThe PARENT VISIT LINK field points back to the VISIT file.
.13date last modified0;13DATE-TIMEDate on which the visit was last modified. Any time a field in the visit file or a V File is added or deleted, this field is automatically updated with the current date.
.18check out date&time0;18DATE-TIMEThis field is the date and time the patient checked out for this visit. This field will only store the information temporarily and will be empty.
.21eligibility0;21POINTER8Defines the patient's eligibility for this visit.
.22hospital location0;22POINTER44The hospital location where this visit occurred.
.23created by user0;23POINTER200This field contains either the DUZ passed in by the application calling the PCE API ($$DATA2PCE^PXAPI) to create or update the visit, or defaults to the DUZ at the time the entry was created or updated if no DUZ is passed in, or if something other than the API is used to create or update the entry.
.24option used to create0;24POINTER19If known, the option under which this visit was created.
.25protocol0;25POINTER101This is the protocol which was used to create this visit.
.26pfss account reference0;26POINTER375The number by which all VistA applications will reference an external medical billing system account number for purposes of attaching charges for 1st or 3rd party billing.
2101outside location21;1FREE TEXTFree text location of service.
15001visit id(+)150;1FREE TEXTVID
15002patient status in/out150;2SET OF CODES1:IN
0:OUT
This is an indicator of the patient's status at the time of the visit.
15003encounter type150;3SET OF CODESP:PRIMARY
O:OCCASION OF SERVICE
S:STOP CODE
A:ANCILLARY
C:CREDIT STOP
This field notes the primary type of visits, the stop code visit and the occasion of service visit that were manual entered.
80001service connected800;1BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
This field will be used to indicate if this visit was for treating a VA patient based on a service connected problem.
80002agent orange exposure800;2BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
This field is used to indicate that this visit represents treatment of a VA patient for a problem that is related to Agent Orange Exposure.
80003ionizing radiation exposure800;3BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
This field is used to indicate that this visit represents treatment of a VA patient for a problem that is related to Ionizing Radiation Exposure.
80004sw asia conditions800;4BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
This field is used to indicate that this visit represents treatment of a VA patient for a problem that is related to Southwest Asia Conditions Exposure.
80005military sexual trauma800;5BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
Indicates whether the patient visit was related to their Military Sexual Trauma.
80006head and/or neck cancer800;6BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
This field is used to indicate that the visit represents treatment of a VA patient for a problem that is related to Head and/or Neck Cancer.
80007combat veteran800;7BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
This field is used to indicate that the visit represents treatment of a VA patient for a problem that is possibly related to combat.
80008proj 112/shad800;8BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
Project 112/SHAD was the name of the overall program for both shipboard and land-based biological and chemical testing that was conducted by the United States (U.S.) military between 1962 and 1973. Project SHAD (Shipboard Hazard and Defense) was the shipboard portion of these tests.
80011service connection edit flag800;11SET OF CODES0:EDITABLE
1:NOT EDITABLE
This field is used to determine if the Service Connection Classification for the Visit can be edited by the user.
80012agent orange edit flag800;12SET OF CODES0:EDITABLE
1:NOT EDITABLE
This field is used to determine if the Agent Orange Classification for the Visit can be edited by the user.
80013ionizing radiation edit flag800;13SET OF CODES0:EDITABLE
1:NOT EDITABLE
This field is used to determine if the Ionizing Radiation classification for the Visit can be edited by the user.
80014sw asia conditions edit flag800;14SET OF CODES0:EDITABLE
1:NOT EDITABLE
This field is used to determine if the Southwest Asia Conditions classification for the Visit can be edited by the user.
80015mst edit flag800;15SET OF CODES0:EDITABLE
1:NOT EDITABLE
This field is used to determine if the Military Sexual Trauma classification for the Visit can be edited by the user.
80016head and neck cancer edit flag800;16SET OF CODES0:EDITABLE
1:NOT EDITABLE
This field is used to determine if the Head and/or Neck Cancer classification can be edited by the user.
80017combat veteran edit flag800;17SET OF CODES0:EDITABLE
1:NOT EDITABLE
This field is used to determine if the Combat Veteran classification can be edited by the user.
80018proj 112/shad edit flag800;18SET OF CODES0:EDITABLE
1:NOT EDITABLE
This field is used to determine if the PROJ 112/SHAD classification can be edited by the user.
81101comments811;1FREE TEXTA FIELD TO ADD COMMENTS AS THEY PERTAIN TO A VISIT
81202package812;2POINTER9.4This is a pointer to the package that wanted the visit created.
81203data source812;3POINTER839.7This is a pointer to the PCE DATA SOURCE file and is the source that wanted the visit created.

Referenced by 38 types

  1. SURGERY (130) -- visit
  2. ED LOG (230) -- visit
  3. CLAIMS TRACKING (356) -- visit
  4. PATIENT MOVEMENT (405) -- visit file entry
  5. OUTPATIENT ENCOUNTER (409.68) -- visit file entry
  6. RECORD OF PROS APPLIANCE/REPAIR (660) -- pce
  7. ECHO (691) -- pcc pointer
  8. CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION (691.1) -- pcc pointer
  9. ELECTROCARDIOGRAM (EKG) (691.5) -- pcc pointer
  10. HOLTER (691.6) -- pcc pointer
  11. EXERCISE TOLERANCE TEST (691.7) -- pcc pointer
  12. ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY (EP) (691.8) -- pcc pointer
  13. HEMATOLOGY (694) -- pcc pointer
  14. GENERATOR IMPLANT (698) -- pcc pointer
  15. V LEAD IMPLANT (698.1) -- pcc pointer
  16. A LEAD IMPLANT (698.2) -- pcc pointer
  17. PACEMAKER SURVEILLANCE (698.3) -- pcc pointer
  18. ENDOSCOPY/CONSULT (699) -- pcc pointer
  19. GENERALIZED PROCEDURE/CONSULT (699.5) -- pcc pointer
  20. PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTS (700) -- pcc pointer
  21. RHEUMATOLOGY (701) -- pcc pointer
  22. CP TRANSACTION (702) -- visit
  23. EVENT CAPTURE PATIENT (721) -- visit
  24. PCE DEVICE INTERFACE MODULE ERRORS (839.01) -- visit
  25. TIU DOCUMENT (8925) -- visit, secondary visit
  26. TIU AUDIT TRAIL (8925.5) -- initial visit record, final visit record
  27. VISIT (9000010) -- parent visit link
  28. V PROVIDER (9000010.06) -- visit
  29. V POV (9000010.07) -- visit
  30. V IMMUNIZATION (9000010.11) -- visit
  31. V SKIN TEST (9000010.12) -- visit
  32. V EXAM (9000010.13) -- visit
  33. V TREATMENT (9000010.15) -- visit
  34. V PATIENT ED (9000010.16) -- visit
  35. V CPT (9000010.18) -- visit
  36. V HEALTH FACTORS (9000010.23) -- visit
  37. V IMM CONTRA/REFUSAL EVENTS (9000010.707) -- visit
  38. V IMMUNIZATION DELETED (9000080.11) -- visit