OUTPATIENT ENCOUNTER (409.68)    FILE (1)

Name Value
NAME OUTPATIENT ENCOUNTER
DESCRIPTION
 This file contains all outpatient encounters since 10/1/93 that have been
 
 If the encounter has been no-showed or cancelled then it will NOT be
 in this file.
 
 Inpatient encounters will always have a status of 'INPATIENT APPOINTMENT'.
 
 Appointments made for non-count clinics will always have a status of
 'NON-COUNT'.
 
 All other encounters will have a status of 'CHECKED OUT'.
 successfully checked out or need to be checked out. The types of
 

 encounters that caused entries to be added to this file are appointments,
 add/edit stop codes and dispositions.
 
 If the encounter needs to be checked out then it will have a status
 of 'PENDING ACTION'. The site will not receive workload credit if
 the status remains 'PENDING ACTION'.  'PENDING ACTION' includes both 
 'ACTION REQUIRED' and 'NO ACTION TAKEN' statuses.