Inst Referred To (Class)

Field Length:  10

This field identifies the facility to which the patient was referred for further care after discharge from the reporting facility.  Enter the FIN of the facility to which the patient was referred, or use one of the special codes below.

0000000000     The patient was not referred to another facility

9999999999     The patient was referred to another facility, but the facility's ID number is unknown

A case in a multi-facility database may be associated with more than one facility, and this field exists in the class history record for each affiliated facility. When a facility creates or associates itself with a case, this field is automatically filled in with the value from Institution Referred To (item 31660).