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Documentation and Coding Guidelines for Public Health Nurses
ration in services, such as care team meetings to discuss the overall care of
the client.
D3 = Homeless
If the patient is living in a shelter, transitional housing, on the street, or
temporarily living with friends or relatives, use code D3.
Nurses should review Table 1.1.1 in Section 1.1 to learn the clinic codes for typical
PHN services. To view the complete list of clinic codes, go to the Standard Code Book
Tables on the IHS website at http://www.ihs.gov/CIO/scb/. Click on the Standard
Code Book Tables link and then click on the Clinic link under the Table Name heading.
6.5 Provider Codes
In the upper right corner of the PCC form, the public health nurse fills out the provider
codes, which consist of an affiliation code, a discipline code, and the nurse’s initials
or code. The primary provider is the individual responsible for the overall care
of the patient. All other providers get credit as secondary providers. Provider codes
do not take the place of legal signatures. Each nurse is responsible for using the correct
provider code.
Affiliation
The affiliation code designates
whether the nurse works for the
Indian Health Service, a Tribal
program, or another entity.
Figure 6.5. Affiliation Code, Discipline Code,
and Provider Initials
Indian Health Service = 1
Contract = 2
Tribal = 3
State = 4
Municipal = 5
Volunteer = 6
National Health Service
Corps = 7
Non-Indian Health Service = 8
Other = 9
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