- | Mental health legal status | Number
[1]
| 1 | Involuntary patient | 2 | Voluntary patient | 9 | Not reported/unknown |
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- | Principal diagnosis | String
[6]
| ANN{.N[N]}
The ICD-10-AM (Twelfth edition) code set representing diagnoses. | |
- | Australian state/territory identifier (establishment) | Number
[1]
| 1 | New South Wales | 2 | Victoria | 3 | Queensland | 4 | South Australia | 5 | Western Australia | 6 | Tasmania | 7 | Northern Territory | 8 | Australian Capital Territory | 9 | Other territories (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Jervis Bay Territory) |
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- | Region code | String
[2]
| X[X] A combination of alphanumeric characters that identify an entity. | |
- | Region name | String
[60]
| XXX[X(57)] A combination of alphanumeric characters. | DSS specific information: Mental health data collections are hierarchical in nature. An identical reporting structure, including region name, should be common between all mental health collections, including the Mental Health Establishments (MHE), Community Mental Health Care (CMHC) and Residential Mental Health Care (RMHC) NMDSs, the Mental Health National Outcomes and Casemix Collection and any future mental health collections. |
- | Establishment sector | Number
[1]
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- | Service unit cluster identifier | String
[5]
| XXXXX A combination of numeric and/or alphabetic characters that identify an entity. | |
- | Service unit cluster name | String
[100]
| XXX[X(97)] A combination of alphanumeric characters. | |
- | Mental health service contact patient/client participation indicator | Number
[1]
| | |
- | Mental health service contact date | Date/Time
[8]
| DDMMYYYY
The day of a particular month and year. | |
- | Mental health service contact duration | Number
[3]
| NNN A valid time measured in minutes. | |
- | Mental health service contact session type | Number
[1]
| 1 | Individual session | 2 | Group session | 8 | Unknown |
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- | Area of usual residence (SA2) | String
[9]
| N(9)
A code set representing a medium-sized general purpose area aggregated from whole Statistical Area Level 1s (SA1s). | DSS specific information: The following SA2 codes have been agreed by the Mental Health Information Strategy Standing Committee (MHISSC) as supplementary codes for use in the Community Mental Health Care NMDS: STATE_CODE_2021 | STATE_NAME_2021 | Not applicable | Unknown (Not stated/inadequately described) | No usual address | 1 | New South Wales | 199999497 | 199999498 | 199999499 | 2 | Victoria | 299999497 | 299999498 | 299999499 | 3 | Queensland | 399999497 | 399999498 | 399999499 | 4 | South Australia | 499999497 | 499999498 | 499999499 | 5 | Western Australia | 599999497 | 599999498 | 599999499 | 6 | Tasmania | 699999497 | 699999498 | 699999499 | 7 | Northern Territory | 799999497 | 799999498 | 799999499 | 8 | Australian Capital Territory | 899999497 | 899999498 | 899999499 | 9 | Other Territories | 999999497 | 999999498 | 999999499 |
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- | Country of birth | Number
[4]
| NNNN
The Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC 2016) code set representing a country. | |
- | Date of birth | Date/Time
[8]
| DDMMYYYY
The day of a particular month and year. | DSS specific information: This field must not be null. National minimum data sets: For the provision of State and Territory hospital data to Australian Government agencies this field must: - be less than or equal to Admission date, Date patient presents or Service contact date
- be consistent with diagnoses and procedure codes, for records to be grouped.
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- | Gender of a person | String
[1]
| 1 | Man, or boy, or male | 2 | Woman, or girl, or female | 3 | Non-binary | 4 | Different term | 5 | Prefer not to answer | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| Conditional obligation: This data element is collected on a Conditional basis with the element Person—sex, code X. Data must be reported for at least one of the two elements, either Sex or Gender. Data may be reported for both elements. |
- | Indigenous status | Number
[1]
| 1 | Aboriginal but not Torres Strait Islander origin | 2 | Torres Strait Islander but not Aboriginal origin | 3 | Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin | 4 | Neither Aboriginal nor Torres Strait Islander origin | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| |
- | Marital status | Number
[1]
| 1 | Never married | 2 | Widowed | 3 | Divorced | 4 | Separated | 5 | Married (registered and de facto) | 6 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Person identifier | String
[20]
| XXXXXX[X(14)]
A logical combination of valid alphanumeric characters that identify an entity. | DSS specific information: For mental health collections, the Person identifier for a uniquely identifiable person should be consistent between National minimum data sets and other associated collections, and across collection periods, where technically possible. |
- | Sex of a person | String
[1]
| 1 | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | Another term | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| Conditional obligation: This data element is collected on a Conditional basis with the element Person—gender, code X. Data must be reported for at least one of the two elements, either Sex or Gender. Data may be reported for both elements. DSS specific information: In the Community mental health care NMDS a person’s sex is understood to be reported as at the time of data collection. |
- | Person identifier flag | Boolean
[1]
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- | Organisation identifier | String
[4]
| XXXX A combination of numeric and/or alphabetic characters that identify an entity. | |
- | Specialised mental health service organisation name | String
[100]
| XXX[X(97)] A combination of alphanumeric characters. | |
- | Ambulatory mental health service unit identifier | String
[6]
| XXXXXX A combination of numeric and/or alphabetic characters that identify a service unit. | |
- | Ambulatory mental health service unit name | String
[100]
| XXX[X(97)] A combination of alphanumeric characters. | |
- | Specialised mental health service target population | Number
[1]
| 1 | Child and adolescent | 2 | Older person | 3 | Forensic | 4 | General | 5 | Youth | 7 | Not applicable | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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