Comorbidity
No, it is not. It is a noun (person admitted to a hospital or clinic), which can be a noun adjunct in terms such as inpatient entrance.
inpatient
The spelling "inpatient" is someone admitted to the hospital for treatment.The similar word impatient means unable to calmly wait: restless, apprehensive or anxious.
It indicated that the individual has been admitted to the Hospital for care, treatment and or observation.
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Outpatient care is performed in a clinic or hospital and does not require an overnight stay. Inpatient care requires the patient be admitted to the hospital where they are monitored 24 hours a day.
Do you mean:The noun 'inpatient', a word for someone admitted to a hospital for care; for example:Father was treated as an inpatient during his long recovery.or:The adjective 'impatient' a word used to describe a noun as lacking patience; for example:There were a lot of impatient commuters waiting on the platform.
It probably stands for inpatient, meaning the patient was admitted to the hospital either overnight or longer.
I just wanted to add that this website would not let me type this in properly. It disliked all the punctuation that I needed to add to make this correct. It should actually say: What is the inpatient (not outpatient) ICD9 code for patient admitted for low hemoglobin; discharged diagnosis is bleeding ulcer
In-patients are patients currently staying at the hospital to be treated. An out-patient can be treated at the hospital, but won't necessarily stay there and be admitted.
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Inpatient" means that the procedure requires the patient to be admitted to the hospital, primarily so that he or she can be closely monitored during the procedure and afterwards, during recovery. An inpatient is "admitted" to the hospital and stays overnight or for an indeterminate time, usually several days or weeks (though some cases, like coma patients, have been in hospitals for years). Inpatient and outpatient are common terms in the medical field that can be used to describe a variety of care or facilities available to patients. Some medical facilities, like hospitals, may offer both types of care, depending upon the needs of the persons involved. The terms can be confusing, but there are several key differences that can help make them understandable.