VII_2_6_2 Last Type of Patient Follow-Up

VII.2.6.2 Last Type of Patient Follow-Up

This field is to be used to enter the code representing the source of the most recent information about the patient being followed.

Coding Instruction:

Reporting facilities ordinarily use codes 00-16.

Codes:

Code	Description
Follow-up obtained by reporting facilities from:
00	Admission being reported
01	Readmission to reporting facility
02	Follow-up report from physician
03	Follow-up report from patient
04	Follow-up report from relative
05	Obituary
06	Follow-up report from Social Security Administration or Medicare
07	Follow-up report from hospice
08	Follow-up report from other facility
09	Other source
11	Telephone call to any source
12	Special studies
13	Equifax
14	ARS (AIDS registry system)
15	Computer match with discharge data
16	SSDI match
Follow-up obtained by regional registry from:
20	Letter to a physician
21	Computer match with Department of Motor Vehicles file
22	Computer match with Medicare or Medicaid file
23	Computer match with HMO file
24	Computer match with voter registration file
25	National death index
26	Computer match with state death tape
27	Death master file (Social Security)
29	Computer match, other or NOS
30	Other source
31	Telephone call to any source
32	Special studies
33	Equifax
34	ARS (AIDS registry system)
35	Computer match with discharge data
36	Obituary
37	Computer match with change of address service
38	TRW
39	Regional registry follow-up list
Follow-up obtained by central (state) registry from :
40	Letter to a physician
41	Telephone call to any source
50	CMS (Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
51	Computer match with Department of Motor Vehicles file
52	Computer match with Medicare or Medicaid file
53	Computer match with HMO file
55	National death index
56	Computer match with state death tape
57	Computer match with Medi-Cal
58	Computer match with Social Security death tape
59	Computer match, other or NOS
60	Other source
61	Social Security - SSN
62	Special studies
65	Computer match with OSHPD hospital discharge database
66	Computer match with national change of address file
67	SSA - Epidemiological vital status
68	Property tax linkage
69	State death tape (incremental)
Follow-up obtained by reporting facilities usually done by the regional/central registry:
73	Computer match with HMO file
76	Computer match with state death tape
Regional Registry (Additional Codes):
80	Social Security Administration
81	Property tax linkage
82	PROBE360
83	SSDI - Internet
84	E-Path
85	Path labs
86	Patient
87	Relative
Additional Codes:
99	Source unknown

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