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Learn About Our Revised Visitation Guidelines

Before you are admitted at the UCSD Medical Center, a patient service representative will call you to get preliminary information, provide important information regarding your hospital stay and answer your questions.

Your doctor also may schedule routine medical tests, such as laboratory tests or X-rays, before your hospitalization.

Other routine tests may be done on the day of your admission. 

Registration

To register as a new patient or to update your registration:

  • If you are new to UCSD Medical Center, you must register as a new patient prior to scheduling any appointment.  This is done by telephone and only takes a few minutes. 

    Call (888) 309-8273, Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Select the option that says, "New Patient Registration." 

  • If you are an established UCSD Medical Center patient and your ID card has expired, you have a change of address/phone number/insurance/ER contact, you must update your registration.

    Call (888) 309-8273, Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Select the option that says, "New Patient Registration."

  • If you seek urgent care through the emergency room, you will be registered when you arrive.  If possible, bring your insurance cards with you.

    If you are admitted via emergency medical services (911) and are unable to register yourself, a patient services representative will assist you or your family in registering retro-actively. When you initially arrive via ambulance and if you are unable to respond,  you will be registered under a pseudonym depending on your type of illness/injury later your records will be merged.
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Additional, special instructions for surgical patients can be found by visiting the Pre-Op Evaluation Center.