PAT_ADDL_INSTR_EPT

Description: |
This table contains a single column for patient additional instructions. Since 2010 this item is no longer used, but records from before 2010 might still have this item populated.

Primary Key

Column Name | Ordinal Position |
--- | --- | ---
PAT_ENC_CSN_ID | 1 |
LINE | 2 |

Column Information

| Name | Type | Discontinued? |
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1 | PAT_ENC_CSN_ID | NUMERIC | No |
The unique contact serial number for this contact. This number is unique across all patient encounters in your system. If you use IntraConnect, this is the Unique Contact Identifier (UCI).
2 | LINE | INTEGER | No |
The line number for the information associated with this contact. Multiple pieces of information can be associated with this contact.
3 | PAT_ID | VARCHAR | No |
The unique ID of the patient record for this row. This column is frequently used to link to the PATIENT table.
4 | PAT_ENC_DATE_REAL | FLOAT | No |
A unique contact date in decimal format. The integer portion of the number indicates the date of contact. The digits after the decimal distinguish different contacts on the same date and are unique for each contact on that date. For example, .00 is the first/only contact, .01 is the second contact, etc.
5 | CONTACT_DATE | DATETIME | No |
The date of this contact in calendar format.
6 | INST_PAT_ADDL | VARCHAR | No |
As of Epic 2010, this item is no longer used to store the text of patient instructions. Patient instructions created prior to upgrade to Epic 2010 might still appear in this item.