This field gives the location of a patient during a period of augmented care.

01 = General intensive care unit (ICU). Adult intensive care, including wards labelled as surgical or medical ICU, but excluding the specialised units identified by other values. General ICUs may provide a mixture of high dependency unit (HDU) and ICU level care.

02 = Cardiothoracic ICU, including units labelled as separate cardiac or thoracic units.

03 = Liver ICU

04 = Neurological ICU

05 = HDU

06 = Paediatric ICU: a unit generally admitting patients between 0 and 14 years old, but excluding special care baby units

07 = Paediatric HDU

08 = Neonatal ICU: a unit generally admitting only new born babies up to two-week's post delivery

09 = Cardiac care unit or coronary care unit (CCU)

10 = Combined HDU and CCU; the beds and staff for the two units are in the same area

11 = Combined CCU and ICU; the beds and staff for the two units are in the same area

12 = Combined HDU and ICU; the beds and staff for the two units are in the same area

13 = Post operative recovery unit, including a theatre recovery area

14 = Spinal injury ICU: a unit designated for critical care rather than a spinal injury ward

15 = Burns critical care unit, including all special care burns facilities other than short-term post-operative care areas

16 = Renal unit, including an in-patient kidney dialysis unit, but excluding general nephrology or urology wards

17 = Not otherwise specified

99 = Not known