The NPU segment allows the updating of census (bed status) data without sending patient-specific data. An example might include changing the status of a bed from "housekeeping" to "unoccupied."
HL7 Attribute Table - NPU - Bed Status Update
| Base Framework | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seq# | Data Element | Description | Flags | Implement | Cardinality | Length | C.LEN | Vocabulary | Data Type | |
 NPU | ||||||||||
  | 1 | 00209 | Bed Location | SHOULD | [1..1] | PL Person Location | ||||
 | 2 | 00170 | Bed Status | MAY | [0..1] | ex.:BedStatus (CD) | CWE Coded with Exceptions | |||
| Seq# | Data Element | Description | Flags | Implement | Cardinality | Length | C.LEN | Vocabulary | Data Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NPU | ||||||||||
| 1 | 00209 | Bed Location | SHALL | [1..1] | PL Person Location | ||||
| 2 | 00170 | Bed Status | MAY | [0..1] | ex.:BedStatus (CD) hl7VS-bedStatus (VS) bedStatus (CS) | CWE Coded with Exceptions | |||
| Base Framework | Base Standard Profile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seq# | Data Element | Description | Flags | Implement | Cardinality | Length | C.LEN | Vocabulary | Data Type | Implement | Vocabulary | |
| NPU | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 00209 | Bed Location | SHOULD | [1..1] | PL Person Location | SHALL | |||||
| 2 | 00170 | Bed Status | MAY | [0..1] | ex.:BedStatus (CD) | CWE Coded with Exceptions | MAY | hl7VS-bedStatus (VS) bedStatus (CS) | |||
| Base Framework | Base Standard Profile | |||||||||||
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| Seq# | Data Element | Description | Flags | Optionality | Repetition | Length | C.LEN | Table | Data Type | Optionality | Table | |
| NPU |
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1 | 00209 | Bed Location | O | PL Person Location |
R | ||||||
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2 | 00170 | Bed Status | O | CWE Coded with Exceptions |
(0116) | ||||||
| Seq# | Data Element | Description | Optionality | Repetition | Length | C.LEN | Table | Data Type | |
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| NPU |
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1 | 00209 | Bed Location | R | PL Person Location |
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2 | 00170 | Bed Status | O | (0116) | CWE Coded with Exceptions |
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Definition: This field contains the bed location that is a valid bed location.
Definition: This field contains the bed status. Refer to User-defined Table 0116 - Bed Status in Chapter 2C, Code Tables, for suggested values.
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