Term Description

The kind of hospital unit having any necessary specialized equipment and/or personnel for handling critically ill or injured patients. This term was created for, but not limited in use to, the Specialty Unit Type in the HL7 Implementation Guide for CDA® Release 2: National Health Care Surveys Release 1.

LOINC Names Get Info

Fully-Specified Name
Specialty care unit:Type:Pt:Hospital:Nom:NHCS
Long Common Name
Specialty care unit Type [NHCS]

Part Model Get Info

  • Component
    Specialty care unit
    LP193699-8
    • Analyte
      Specialty care unit
      LP193699-8
      • Component Numerator
        Specialty care unit
        LP193699-8
        • Component Numerator Core
          Specialty care unit
          LP193699-8
        • Component Numerator Core Suffix
          NULL
           
      • Component Denominator
        NULL
         
        • Component Denominator Core
          NULL
           
        • Component Denominator Core Suffix
          NULL
           
    • Challenge
      NULL
       
    • Adjustment
      NULL
       
    • Count
      NULL
       
  • Property
    Type
    LP6886-8
  • Time
    Pt
    LP6960-1
  • System
    Hospital
    LP76009-7
    • System Core
      Hospital
      LP76009-7
    • Super System
      NULL
       
  • Scale
    Nom
    LP7750-5
  • Method
    NHCS
    LP193829-1

Normative Answer List: LL3653-4

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
AnswerCodeScoreAnswer ID
Adult Burn Critical Care UnitLA10143-8
Adult Medical Cardiac Critical Care UnitLA24094-7
Adult Medical Critical Care UnitLA10146-1
Adult Med-Surg Critical Care UnitLA24095-4
Adult Neurology Critical Care and Stroke UnitLA24098-8
Adult Neurosurgery Critical Care UnitLA24099-6
Adult Pulmonary Critical Care UnitLA10148-7
Adult Surgical Critical Care UnitLA10149-5
Adult Cardiothoracic Critical Care UnitLA10144-6
Adult Trauma Critical Care UnitLA10150-3
Prenatal Critical Care UnitLA24103-6
Neonatal Critical Care Unit (Level II/III)LA24096-2
Neonatal Critical Care Unit (Level III)LA24097-0
Pediatric Burn Critical Care UnitLA10197-4
Pediatric Medical Critical Care UnitLA10200-6
Pediatric Med-Surg Critical Care UnitLA24100-2
Pediatric Neurology Critical Care UnitLA10201-4
Pediatric Neurosurgery Critical Care UnitLA24102-8
Pediatric Pulmonary Critical Care UnitLA10202-2
Pediatric Cardiothoracic Critical Care UnitLA10198-2
Pediatric Surgical Critical Care UnitLA10203-0
Pediatric Trauma Critical Care UnitLA10204-8

Basic Attributes

Class
SURVEY.NHCS
Type
Surveys
First Released
Version 2.52
Last Updated
Version 2.52 (MIN)
Order vs. Observation
Observation

Member of these Panels

LOINCLong Common Name
81958-1National Health Care Surveys report R1 - recommended CDA set

LOINC Terminology Service (API) using HL7® FHIR® Get Info

CodeSystem lookup
https://fhir.loinc.org/CodeSystem/$lookup?system=http://loinc.org&code=78021-3