Description
Records the date the patient was discharged following primary site surgery. The date corresponds to the event recorded in Date of Most Definitive Surgical Resection [3170]. See page 99 for date format. Use RX DATE SURG DISCH FLAG [3181] if there is no appropriate or known date for this item.
Rationale
Length of stay is an important quality-of-care and financial measure among hospital administrations, those who fund public and private health care, and public health users. This date, in conjunction with the data item "Date of Most Definitive Surgical Resection" [3170], will allow for the calculation of a patient's length of hospitalization associated with primary site surgery.