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PL-1: Point of Care (HD)

Definition: This component specifies the code for the point where patient care is administered. It is conditional on PL.6 Person Location Type (e.g., nursing unit or department or clinic). After floor, it is the most general patient location designation. Refer to User-defined Table 0302 - Point of Care for suggested values.

PL-2: Room (HD)

Definition: This component specifies the code for the patient's room. After point of care, it is the most general person location designation. Refer to User-defined Table 0303 - Room for suggested values.

PL-3: Bed (HD)

Definition: This component specifies the code for the patient's bed. After room, it is the most general person location designation. Refer to User-defined Table 0304 - Bed for suggested values.

PL-4: Facility (HD)

Definition: This component is subject to site interpretation but generally describes the highest level physical designation of an institution, medical center or enterprise. It is the most general person location designation.

See Section 2.A.33, “HD - hierarchic designator” for discussion of data type.

PL-5: Location Status (IS)

Definition: This component specifies the code for the status or availability of the location. For example, it may convey bed status. Refer to User-defined Table 0306 - Location Status for suggested values.

PL-6: Person Location Type (IS)

Definition: Person location type is the categorization of the person’s location defined by facility, building, floor, point of care, room or bed. Although not a required field, when used, it may be the only populated field. It usually includes values such as nursing unit, department, clinic, SNF, physician’s office. Refer to User-defined Table 0305 - Person location type for suggested values.

PL-7: Building (HD)

Definition: This component specifies the code for the building where the person is located. After facility, it is the most general person location designation. Refer to User-defined Table 0307 - Building for suggested values.

PL-8: Floor (HD)

Definition: This component specifies the code for the floor where the person is located. After building, it is the most general person location designation. Refer to User-defined Table 0308 - Floor for suggested values.

PL-9: Location Description (ST)

Definition: This component describes the location in free text.

PL-10: Comprehensive Location Identifier (EI)

Definition: The unique identifier that represents the physical location as a whole without regard for the individual components. This accommodates sites that may have a different method of defining physical units or who may code at a less granular level. For example, point of care, room, and bed may be 1 indivisible code.

PL-11: Assigning Authority for Location (HD)

Definition: The entity that creates the data for the individual physical location components. If populated, it should be the authority for all components populated. Refer to User-defined Table 0363 – Assigning Authority for suggested values for the first sub-component of the HD component, <namespace ID>.

This component makes it possible for codes to be differentiated when the field in which this data type is used repeats.