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A patient encounter where patient is scheduled or planned to receive service delivery in the future, and the patient is given a pre-admission account number. When the patient comes back for subsequent service, the pre-admission encounter is selected and is encapsulated into the service registration, and a new account number is generated. Usage Note:This is intended to be used in advance of encounter types such as ambulatory, inpatient encounter, virtual, etc.
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