[A distinct part of a general acute care hospital. The distinctness of a unit is determined by characteristics such as the following: the unit has admission and discharge records that are separately identified from those of the hospital; the hospital has policies specifying that necessary clinical information is transferred to the unit when a patient of the hospital is transferred to the unit; the hospital's utilization review plan includes separate standards for the type of care offered in the unit; the beds assigned to the unit are physically separate from beds not included in the unit; the unit is treated as a separate cost center for cost reporting, funding and apportionment purposes. ( HL7V3.0 )]
UMLS (HL7) C0019988 - Health Care Related Organization
Relation/PAR: NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy
DedicatedClinicalLocationRoleType
Relation/CHD: Psychiatric Unit
Medicare Defined Swing Bed Unit
Rehabilitation Unit
Rehabilitation, Substance Use Disorder Unit
Coronary care unit
Emergency room
"Hospital Units; Psychiatric Unit"
;"Hospital Units; Rehabilitation Unit"
;Bone marrow transplant unit
Chest unit
Epilepsy unit
Hemodialysis unit
Neurology critical care and stroke unit
Neurosurgery unit
Pediatric unit
Sleep disorders unit
Intensive care unit