Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Number of Medicare services claimed |
METEOR identifier: | 610294 |
Registration status: | Commonwealth Department of Health, Retired 19/10/2023 |
Definition: | The total number of Medicare services that are claimed by a registered Medicare service provider for items in the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) for which a claim has been processed. |
Data Element Concept: | Service event—number of Medicare services claimed |
Value Domain: | Total number N |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Count | |
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Data type: | Number | |
Format: | N | |
Maximum character length: | 1 |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Department of Health |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | This item is to report the number of services as MDV_NUMSERV, i.e. where bulk billing incentive and modifier items are counted. A count of the number of Medicare services that are provided by a registered provider for items in the MBS for which a claim has been processed plus services which can only be claimed in conjunction with other items, such as bulk-billing incentive items and modifier items. |
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Collection methods: | This includes incentive or modifying MBS items that are not attendances or procedures in their own right. For example MBS items: 10985, 10990, 10991, 10992, 64990, 64991, 74990, 74991, 74992, 74993, 74994, 74995, 74996, 74997, 74998, 74999, 17690, 63491, 63492, 63493, 63494, 63495, 63497, 63498 or 63499. +1 - Valid service submitted for the first time or resubmitted (after the original has been cancelled) -1 - Cancellations and negative adjustments (for example, returned or cancelled cheques) 0 - Underpayments, substantiations, substantiation adjustments and co-payment adjustments. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Department of Health |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | See also Service/care provider—number of Medicare services provided, total number N Commonwealth Department of Health, Retired 19/10/2023 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) state/territory data extract 2013-14 Commonwealth Department of Health, Retired 19/10/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2013 Implementation end date: 30/06/2014 DSS specific information: Variable name = MDV_NUMSERV |