ADT – Admission, Discharge, Transfer Message
ADT Messages:
These are most common HL7v2 messages built for handling admission, discharge and cancellation of Patient information in a very efficient and easier way. The Event types used in the normal ADT messages are shown below along with the sample ADT message.
Sample HL7 ADT message:
MSH|^~\&|ADT1|MCM|LABADT|MCM|198808181126|SECURITY|ADT^A04|MSG00001|P|2.4
EVN|A01-|198808181123
PID|||PATID1234^5^M11||JONES^WILLIAM^A^III||19610615|M-||2106-3|1200 N ELM STREET^^GREENSBORO^NC^27401-1020|GL|(919)379-1212|(919)271-3434~(919)277-3114||S||PATID12345001^2^M10|123456789|9-87654^NC
NK1|1|JONES^BARBARA^K|SPO|||||20011105
NK1|1|JONES^MICHAEL^A|FTH
PV1|1|I|2000^2012^01||||004777^LEBAUER^SIDNEY^J.|||SUR||-||1|A0-
DG1|001|I9|1550|MAL NEO LIVER, PRIMARY|19880501103005|F||
IN1|001|A357|1234|BCMD|||||132987
| Event Type | Description |
|---|---|
| A01 A02 A03 A04 A05 A06 A07 A08 A09 A10 A11 A12 A13 A14 A15 A16 A17 A18 A19 A20 A21 A22 A23 A24 A25 A26 A27 A28 A29 A30 A31 A32 A33 A34 A35 A36 A37 A38 A39 A40 A41 A42 A43 A44 A45 A46 A47 A48 A49 A50 A51 |
Admit/visit notification Transfer a patient Discharge/end visit Register a patient Pre-admit a patient Change an outpatient to an inpatient Change an inpatient to an outpatient Update patient information Patient departing – tracking Patient arriving – tracking Cancel admit/visit notification Cancel transfer Cancel discharge/end visit Pending admit Pending transfer Pending discharge Swap patients Merge patient information QRY/ADR – Patient query Bed status update Patient goes on a “leave of absence” Patient returns from a “leave of absence” Delete a patient record Link patient information Cancel pending discharge Cancel pending transfer Cancel pending admit Add person information Delete person information Merge person information Update person information Cancel patient arriving – tracking Cancel patient departing – tracking Merge patient information – patient I Merge patient information – account only Merge patient information – patient ID and account number Unlink patient information Cancel pre-admit Merge person – patient ID Merge patient – patient identifier list Merge account – patient account num Merge visit – visit number Move patient information – patient identifier list Move account information – patient account number Move visit information – visit number Change patient ID Change patient identifier list Change alternate patient ID |