281P00000X — Chronic Disease Hospital
- Grouping
- Hospitals
- Classification
- Chronic Disease Hospital
- Specialization
- None — this code IS the classification
- Section
- Non-Individual
Definition
(1) A hospital including a physical plant and personnel that provides multidisciplinary diagnosis and treatment for diseases that have one or more of the following characteristics: is permanent; leaves residual disability; is caused by nonreversible pathological alteration; requires special training of the patient for rehabilitation; and/or may be expected to require a long period of supervision or care. In addition, patients require the safety, security, and shelter of these specialized inpatient or partial hospitalization settings. (2) A hospital that provides medical and skilled nursing services to patients with long-term illnesses who are not in an acute phase but who require an intensity of services not available in nursing homes.
NUCC’s own wording, not a paraphrase.
Other codes under Chronic Disease Hospital
These are the codes a mis-selection most often lands on, because they share a classification and differ only by specialisation.
- 281PC2000XChildren