Example Message Reason Codes

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  "date" : "2026-03-08T18:17:17-06:00",
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  "title" : "Example Message Reason Codes",
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    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\" xml:lang=\"en\" lang=\"en\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem message-reasons-encounter</b></p><a name=\"message-reasons-encounter\"> </a><a name=\"hcmessage-reasons-encounter\"> </a><div style=\"display: inline-block; background-color: #d9e0e7; padding: 6px; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid #8da1b4; border-radius: 5px; line-height: 60%\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Last updated: 2024-04-24 00:00:00+0000; Language: en</p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Profile: <a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R5/shareablecodesystem.html\">Shareable CodeSystem</a></p></div><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/message-reasons-encounter</code> defines the following codes:</p><table class=\"codes\"><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">admit<a name=\"message-reasons-encounter-admit\"> </a></td><td>Admit</td><td>The patient has been admitted.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">discharge<a name=\"message-reasons-encounter-discharge\"> </a></td><td>Discharge</td><td>The patient has been discharged.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">absent<a name=\"message-reasons-encounter-absent\"> </a></td><td>Absent</td><td>The patient has temporarily left the institution.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">return<a name=\"message-reasons-encounter-return\"> </a></td><td>Returned</td><td>The patient has returned from a temporary absence.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">moved<a name=\"message-reasons-encounter-moved\"> </a></td><td>Moved</td><td>The patient has been moved to a new location.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">edit<a name=\"message-reasons-encounter-edit\"> </a></td><td>Edit</td><td>Encounter details have been updated (e.g. to correct a coding error).</td></tr></table></div>",
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