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Admin — Inpatient Admission Types
Admission Types define the categories of inpatient admission — for example, Private Ward, General Ward, Day Case, ICU, Maternity. Each type controls BHT number generation and can be linked to a default room.
Page: Admin → Manage Inpatient Services → Admission Types → Admission Types
XHTML: /inward/inward_admission_type.xhtml
Controller: AdmissionTypeController
Privilege: InwardAdministration
Fields
| Field | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Yes | Display name shown on the admission form (e.g., "Private Ward", "ICU") |
| Day Case or Inward Stay | Yes | AdmissionTypeEnum — determines whether this is a day case or an overnight admission |
| Code | Yes | Short code used in BHT number prefixes and reports |
| Admission Fee | Yes | Flat admission fee auto-charged when a patient is admitted under this type. It is added to the interim and final bill under the Admission Fee charge type without producing a bill item of its own. Leave this at 0 if you configure an admission charge for this type on Automatic Admission Charges — setting both charges the patient twice |
| Default Room | No | If set, the room field on the admission form is pre-filled and disabled — useful for single-room types (e.g., a specific ICU bed) |
| Require to allocate a Room | Checkbox | If checked, the system requires a room assignment before admitting |
| Count to start Admission Numbers | No | Numeric offset for BHT number generation (e.g., start from 1000) |
| Count as a separate Number | Checkbox | If checked, BHTs for this type are numbered in their own sequence, independent of other types |
| Allow to Margin | Toggle | Whether margin calculations are applied to bills under this admission type |
BHT Number Generation
BHT numbers are generated by combining the admission type's code + a sequential counter. The counter starts from the value in "Count to start Admission Numbers". If "Count as a separate Number" is enabled, each admission type has its own independent counter.
Automatic Admission Charges
An admission type can have routine charges billed automatically on every admission under it — an admission charge, a resident M.O. charge, a nursing care charge. The amount can differ between Cash and Credit admissions. These are configured separately on Admin — Inpatient Automatic Admission Charges.
The older Admission Items and Fees screen has been retired: it saved item links but never billed anything. See Admin — Inpatient Admission Items and Fees.
Related Articles
- Admin — Inpatient Automatic Admission Charges — routine charges billed automatically on every admission of this type
- Admin — Inpatient Admission Items and Fees — the retired screen this replaces
- Inpatient — Admit a Patient — admission type selected on the admission form
- Admin — Inpatient BHT Number Management — viewing or resetting a BHT/OPD-card counter
- Admin — Separate Bill Number Serial Per Admission Type — using this admission type's Code to split Make a Payment, Make a Deposit, and Post Final Payment bill numbers
- Admin — Inpatient Module Configuration Overview — navigation overview