Origin/Destination | Description |
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D | Diagnostic or therapeutic site other than P or H when these are used as origin codes |
E | Residential, domiciliary, custodial facility (other than 1819 facility) |
G | Hospital based ESRD facility |
H | Hospital |
I | Site of transfer (e.g. airport or helicopter pad) between modes of ambulance transport |
J | Freestanding ESRD facility |
N | Skilled nursing facility |
P | Physician’s office |
R | Residence |
S | Scene of accident or acute event |
X | Intermediate stop at physician’s office on way to hospital (This is a destination code only) |
GM | Multiple patients on one ambulance trip |
QL | Patient pronounced dead after ambulance called |
QM | Ambulance service provided under arrangement by a provider of services |
QN | Ambulance service furnished directly by a provider of services |
GY | Item or service is statutorily excluded or does not meet the definition of any Medicare benefit |
GW | Service not related to the hospice patient's terminal condition. |