| Code | Short_Description | Long_Description |
| 1 | Physicial Referral | The patient was admitted to this facility upon the recommendation of his or her personal physician. |
| 2 | Clinic Referral | The patient was admitted to this facility upon recommendation of this facilitiy's clinic physician. |
| 3 | HMO Referral | The patient was admitted to this facility upon the recommendation of a health maintenance organization physician. |
| 4 | Transfer from a Hospital | The patient was admitted to this facility as a hospital transfer from an acute care facility where he or she was an inpatient. |
| 5 | Transfer from a Skilled Nursing Facility | The patient was admitted to this facility as a transfer from a skilled nursing facility where he or she was an inpatient. |
| 6 | Transfer from Another Health Care Facility | The patient was admitted to this facility as a transfer from a health care facility other than an acute care facility or a skilled nursing facility. This includes transfers from nursing homes, long term care facilities and skilled nursing facility patients that are at a non-skilled level of care. |
| 7 | Emergency Room | The patient was admitted to this facility uopon the recommendation of this facility's emergency room physician. |
| 8 | Court/Law Enforcement | The patient was admitted to this facility upon the direction of a court of law, or upon the request of a law enforcement agency representative. |
| 9 | Information Not Available | The means by which the patient was admitted to this hospital is not known |
| A | Transfer from a Critical Access Hospital | The patient was admitted to this facility as a transfer from a Critical Access Hospital where he or she was an inpatient. |
| B | Transfer from Another Home Health Agency | The patient was admitted to this home health agency as a transfer from another home health agency. |
| C | Readmission to Same Home Health Agency | The patient was readmitted to this home health agency withing the existing 60-day payment. (For use with Medicare bill type 32A.) |
