Dekalb Medical Psych Unit - Decatur, GA

Dekalb Medical Psych Unit

Psychiatric Hospital Unit in Decatur, Georgia

NPI 1821099474

Dekalb Medical Psych Unit is a Psychiatric Hospital Unit based in Decatur, GA. Dekalb Medical Psych Unit practices in Decatur, GA. The NPI Number for Dekalb Medical Psych Unit is 1821099474 and holds a License No. 044039 (Georgia).

The current practice location address for Dekalb Medical Psych Unit is 2701 N Decatur Rd, Decatur, GA and can be reached out via phone at 404-501-5185 and via fax at 404-501-5811.

Location: 2701 N Decatur Rd, Decatur, GA, 30033-5918

NPI Number

1821099474

Provider Name

Dekalb Medical Psych Unit

Credential

Provider Entity Type

Organization

Address

2701 N Decatur Rd, Decatur, GA, 30033-5918

Phone Number

404-501-5185

Fax Number

404-501-5811

Provider Enumeration Date

08/04/2005

Last Update Date

03/12/2024

Address

2701 N Decatur Rd

City

Decatur

State

Georgia

Zip

30033-5918

Phone Number

404-501-5185

Fax Number

404-501-5811

Address

2701 N Decatur Rd

City

Decatur

State

Georgia

Zip

30033-5918

Phone Number

404-501-5185

Fax Number

404-501-5811

Type

Hospital Units

Classification

Psychiatric Unit

Speciality

Taxonomy

273R00000X

License No.

044039 (Georgia)

Definition

In general, a distinct unit of a hospital that provides acute or long-term care to emotionally disturbed patients, including patients admitted for diagnosis and those admitted for treatment of psychiatric problems on the basis of physicians' orders and approved nursing care plans. Long-term care may include intensive supervision to the chronically mentally ill, mentally disordered or other mentally incompetent persons; (2) For Medicare, a distinct part of a general acute care hospital admitting only patients whose admission to the unit is required for active treatment, whose treatment is of an intensity that can be provided only in an inpatient hospital setting, and whose condition is described by a psychiatric principal diagnosis contained in the Third Edition of the American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual or in Chapter 5 (Mental Disorders) of the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM). The unit must furnish, through the use of qualified personnel, psychological services, social work services, psychiatric nursing, occupational therapy, and recreational therapy. The unit must maintain medical records that permit determination of the degree and intensity of treatment provided to individuals who are furnished services in the unit; the unit must meet special staff requirements in that the unit must have adequate numbers of qualified professional and supportive staff to evaluate inpatients, formulate written, individualized, comprehensive treatment plans, provide active treatment measures and engage in discharge planning.

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