Inst Referred From (Class)

Field Length:  10

This field identifies the facility that referred the patient to the reporting facility.  Enter the FIN of the facility that referred the patient to your institution, or use one of the special codes below.

0000000000     The patient was not referred to the reporting facility from another facility

9999999999     The patient was referred, but the referring 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 From (item 31650).