ActAmbulatoryEncounterCode

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URL
http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/v3-ActAmbulatoryEncounterCode
Version
3.0.0
PublisherHealth Level Seven InternationalDate2014-03-26Description

**Definition:**A comprehensive term for health care provided in a healthcare facility (e.g. a practitioneraTMs office, clinic setting, or hospital) on a nonresident basis. The term ambulatory usually implies that the patient has come to the location and is not assigned to a bed. Sometimes referred to as an outpatient encounter.

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