Patient Discharge Status Code Table (FFS)

0 = Unknown Value (but present in data)
01 = Discharged to home/self-care (routine charge).
02 = Discharged/transferred to other short term general hospital for inpatient care.
03 = Discharged/transferred to skilled nursing facility (SNF) with Medicare certification in anticipation of covered skilled care — (For hospitals with an approved swing bed arrangement, use Code 61 — swing bed. For reporting discharges/transfers to a non-certified SNF, the hospital must use Code 04 — ICF.
04 = Discharged/transferred to intermediate care facility (ICF).
05 = Discharged/transferred to another type of institution for inpatient care (including distinct parts). NOTE: Effective 1/2005, psychiatric hospital or psychiatric distinct part unit of a hospital will no longer be identified by this code. New code is '65'.
06 = Discharged/transferred to home care of organized home health service organization.
07 = Left against medical advice or discontinued care.
08 = Discharged/transferred to home under care of a home IV drug therapy provider. (discontinued effective 10/1/2005)
09 = Admitted as an inpatient to this hospital (effective 3/1/1991). In situations where a patient is admitted before midnight of the third day following the day of an outpatient service, the outpatient services are considered inpatient.
20 = Expired (patient did not recover).
21 = Discharged/transferred to court/law enforcement.
30 = Still patient.
40 = Expired at home (hospice claims only)
41 = Expired in a medical facility such as hospital, SNF, ICF, or freestanding hospice. (Hospice claims only)
42 = Expired — place unknown (Hospice claims only)
43 = Discharged/transferred to a federal hospital (eff. 10/1/2003)
50 = Discharged/transferred to a Hospice — home.
51 = Discharged/transferred to a Hospice — medical facility.
61 = Discharged/transferred within this institution to a hospital-based Medicare approved swing bed (eff. 9/2001)
62 = Discharged/transferred to an inpatient rehabilitation facility including distinct parts units of a hospital. (eff. 1/2002)
63 = Discharged/transferred to a longterm care hospital. (eff. 1/2002)
64 = Discharged/transferred to a nursing facility certified under Medicaid but not under Medicare (eff. 10/2002)
65 = Discharged/Transferred to a psychiatric hospital or psychiatric distinct unit of a hospital (these types of hospitals were pulled from patient/discharge status code '05' and given their own code). (eff. 1/2005).
66 = Discharged/transferred to a Critical Access Hospital (CAH) (eff. 1/1/2006)
69 = Discharged/transferred to a designated disaster alternative care site (starting 10/2013; applies only to particular MSDRGs*)
70 = Discharged/transferred to another type of health care institution not defined elsewhere in code list.
71 = Discharged/transferred/referred to another institution for outpatient services as specified by the discharge plan of care (eff. 9/2001) (discontinued eff. 10/1/2005)
72 = Discharged/transferred/referred to this institution for outpatient services as specified by the discharge plan of care (eff. 9/2001) (discontinued eff. 10/1/2005)

The following codes apply only to particular MS-DRGs*, and were new in 10/2013:
81 = Discharged to home or self-care with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission.
82 = Discharged/transferred to a short-term general hospital for inpatient care with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission.
83 = Discharged/transferred to a skilled nursing facility (SNF) with Medicare certification with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission.
84 = Discharged/transferred to a facility that provides custodial or supportive care with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission.
85 = Discharged/transferred to a designated cancer center or children’s hospital with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission.
86 = Discharged/transferred to home under care of organized home health service organization with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission.
87 = Discharged/transferred to court/law enforcement with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission.
88 = Discharged/transferred to a federal health care facility with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission.
89 = Discharged/transferred to a hospital-based Medicare approved swing bed with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission.
90 = Discharged/transferred to an inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) including rehabilitation distinct part units of a hospital with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission.
91 = Discharged/transferred to a Medicare certified long-term care hospital (LTCH) with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission.
92 = Discharged/transferred to a nursing facility certified under Medicaid but not certified under Medicare with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission.
93 = Discharged/transferred to a psychiatric distinct part unit of a hospital with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission.
94 = Discharged/transferred to a critical access hospital (CAH) with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission.
95 = Discharged/transferred to another type of health care institution not defined elsewhere in this code list with a planned acute care hospital inpatient readmission.