Entity Unit Type Code

DescriptionA regulatory standard by which a tenant's institution can categorize their healthcare units for reporting purposes to the regulatory body such as the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN).

Attributes
Acuity Tier DescrAcuity Tier Descr
Adult Pediatric Tier DescrAdult Pediatric Tier Descr
Coding System Version SkCoding System Version Sk
Descriptive Tier DescrDescriptive Tier Descr
Load Info SkLoad Info Sk
Location Tier DescrLocation Tier Descr
Service Location CdService Location Cd
Source Code SkSource Code Sk
Tenant SkTenant Sk
Unit CdUnit Cd
Unit Tier DescrUnit Tier Descr
Unit Type Category Code SkUnit Type Category Code Sk
Unit Type CdUnit Type Cd
Unit Type Code SkUnit Type Code Sk
Unit Type DescrUnit Type Descr

Relationship
Standardized POC Location Unit Code_Coding System Version_FKStandardized POC Location Unit Code_Coding System Version_FK

Primary Key
Unit Type Code PKUnit Type Code PK

Dependencies
 

Reverse Dependencies
 

Attribute Details

 Acuity Tier Descr
DescriptionThe second tier in the Unit Cd used to identify a level of acuity.
Example:
acute
non-acute
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Description Short [VARCHAR(150)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredtrue
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Adult Pediatric Tier Descr
DescriptionA tier representing if the Unit is for adults, pediatrics, or neither.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Description Short [VARCHAR(150)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredfalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Coding System Version Sk
DescriptionThe Version for a set of related codes. This exists to make it easier to produce a list of current valid codes, or in conjunction with the relative dates find the correct Version of a set of codes that was valid at a point in time.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Surrogate Key [INTEGER]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredtrue
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Descriptive Tier Descr
DescriptionThe fourth tier in the Unit Cd used as a final descriptive element.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Description Short [VARCHAR(150)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredtrue
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Load Info Sk
DescriptionThe surrogate key of the load information entry describing the details regarding the loading of the row.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Surrogate Key Large [LONG]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredtrue
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Location Tier Descr
DescriptionThe first tier in the Unit Cd used to identify a unit location.
Example:
Inpatient locations
Outpatient locations
Community locations
Non-patient care locations
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Description Short [VARCHAR(150)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredtrue
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Service Location Cd
DescriptionIdentifies the type of service location for reporting purposes.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Tenant Common Code [VARCHAR(80)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredtrue
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Source Code Sk
DescriptionThe origin of the data identifying the actual load source, vendor, manual key entry, or context of the data in a specific row in the database.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Surrogate Key [INTEGER]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredtrue
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Tenant Sk
DescriptionThe surrogate key of the entry identifying the legal owner of the data.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Surrogate Key [INTEGER]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredtrue
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Unit Cd
DescriptionUnit Code identifies a regulatory standard for healthcare units. Unit Code is the concatenation of the Location Tier, Acuity Tier, Unit Tier, and the Descriptive Tier attributes.
For example:
IN:ACUTE:CC:B
IN:ACUTE:CC:C
IN:ACUTE:CC:M
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Tenant Common Code [VARCHAR(80)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredtrue
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Unit Tier Descr
DescriptionThe third tier in the Unit Cd used to identify the location unit.
Example:
critical care
ward
special care area
operating room
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Description Short [VARCHAR(150)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredtrue
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Unit Type Category Code Sk
DescriptionA group name for Unit Type Codes.
For example:
Inpatient Adult Critical Care
Neonatal Units
Pediatric Clinical Care
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Surrogate Key [INTEGER]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredtrue
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Unit Type Cd
DescriptionIdentifies the type of unit.
For example:
Burn Critical Care
Medical Cardiac Critical Care
Medical Critical Care
Medical/Surgical Critical Care
Neurologic Critical Care
Neurosurgical Critical Care
Prenatal Critical Care
Respiratory Critical Care
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Tenant Common Code [VARCHAR(80)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredtrue
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Unit Type Code Sk
DescriptionThe generated unique key for a Unit Type Code.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Surrogate Key [INTEGER]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeytrue
Is Requiredtrue
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keytrue



 Unit Type Descr
DescriptionA short description of the Unit Type Code.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Description Short [VARCHAR(150)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredtrue
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse

Relationship Details

 Standardized POC Location Unit Code_Coding System Version_FK
Is Identifying Relationshipfalse
Child TableUnit Type Code
Child MultiplicityZERO_TO_MANY
Child Referential Integrity: On DeleteNONE
Child Referential Integrity: On InsertNONE
Child Referential Integrity: On UpdateNONE
Parent TableCoding System Version
Parent MultiplicityONE
Parent Referential Integrity: On DeleteNONE
Parent Referential Integrity: On InsertNONE
Parent Referential Integrity: On UpdateNONE

Primary Key Details

 Unit Type Code PK
Key AttributeUnit Type Code Sk