Seq No. Metadata item Obligation Max occurs 1
Cluster National Outcomes and Casemix Collection NMDS 2024-25 Mandatory 1 - Address—statistical area, level 2 (SA2) code (ASGS Edition 3) N(9) DSS specific information:
For the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC) NMDS, this data element is collecting address information of the service provider.
Mandatory 1 - Collection occasion—collection reason, healthcare code N(N) Mandatory 1 - Collection occasion—identifier, X[X(29)] Mandatory 1 - Collection occasion—reference date, DDMMYYYY DSS specific information:
For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), this is the reference date for all data collected at any given collection occasion defined as the date on which the collection occasion (admission, review, or discharge) occurred.
The collection occasion date should be distinguished from the actual date of completion of individual measures that are required at the specific occasion. In practice, the various measures may be completed by clinicians and consumers over several days. For national reporting and statistical purposes, a single date is required which ties all the standardised measures and other data items together in a single collection occasion. The actual collection dates of the individual data items and standard measures may be collected locally but is not required in the national reporting extract.
For data collected at the beginning of an episode of mental health care , the collection occasion date is referred to as the admission date. For data collected at end of an episode of mental health care, the collection occasion date is referred to as the discharge date. For data collected at review during an ongoing episode of mental health care, the collection occasion date is referred to as the review date.
A special requirement applies in the case of inpatient episodes to facilitate record matching with corresponding records collected under the Admitted patient care NMDS 2024–25 . For admission to inpatient episodes, the collection occasion date should be the date of admission as recorded in the NMDS data set. For discharge from inpatient episodes, the collection occasion date should be the date of separation as recorded in the NMDS data set.
Mandatory 1 - Episode of care—additional diagnosis, code (ICD-10-AM Twelfth edition) ANN{.N[N]} Conditional obligation:
This data element is only to be reported if the collection occasion results in more than one diagnosis code being allocated.
Conditional 99 - Episode of care—mental health legal status, code N Mandatory 1 - Episode of care—principal diagnosis, code (ICD-10-AM Twelfth edition) ANN{.N[N]} Mandatory 1 - Episode of mental health care—service delivery setting, code N DSS specific information:
For the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), this data element is intended to describe the setting in which care took place, regardless of the formal designation of that service unit type.
It does not have to correspond to the service unit type (Specialised mental health service organisation—service delivery setting, code N ) data element reported on the collection occasion record. The service unit type item is an attribute of the service unit, and this data element is an attribute of the episode of mental health care.
Mandatory 1 - Establishment—Australian state/territory identifier, code N Mandatory 1 - Establishment—region identifier, X[X] Mandatory 1 - Establishment—region name, text XXX[X(57)] Mandatory 1 - Establishment—sector, code N Mandatory 1 - Establishment—service unit cluster identifier, XXXXX Conditional obligation:
For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), this data element applies when the service provision setting is Ambulatory mental health care service or Residential mental health care service.
Data must be collected for either this data element or Hospital—hospital identifier, XXXXX.
DSS specific information:
For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), for admitted patient service units, the hospital cluster identifier should be identical to that used to identify the hospital to which the service unit belongs. For ambulatory and residential services units, where there is no service unit cluster, the hospital cluster identifier is to be reported as "00000" and the hospital cluster name would use the relevant organisation name.
Conditional 1 - Establishment—service unit cluster name, text XXX[X(97)] Conditional obligation:
For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), this data element applies when the service provision setting is Ambulatory mental health care service or Residential mental health care service .
Data must be collected for either this data element or Hospital—hospital name, text XXX[X(97)].
DSS specific information:
For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), this data element collects the common name used to identify the service unit. For admitted patient service units, the hospital cluster name should be identical to that used to identify the hospital to which the service unit belongs. For ambulatory and residential services units, where there is no service unit cluster, the hospital cluster name would use the relevant organisation name.
Conditional 1 - Hospital—hospital identifier, XXXXX Conditional obligation:
For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), this data element applies when the service provision setting is Admitted patient mental health care service.
Data must be collected for either this data element or Establishment—service unit cluster identifier, XXXXX.
DSS specific information:
For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), for admitted patient service units, the hospital cluster identifier should be identical to that used to identify the hospital to which the service unit belongs. For ambulatory and residential services units, where there is no service unit cluster, the hospital identifier is to be reported as "00000" and the hospital cluster would use the relevant organisation name.
Conditional 1 - Hospital—hospital name, text XXX[X(97)] Conditional obligation:
For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), this data element applies when the service provision setting is Admitted patient mental health care service .
Data must be collected for either this data element or Establishment—service unit cluster name, text XXX[X(97)].
DSS specific information:
For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), this data element collects the common name used to identify the service unit. For admitted patient service units, the hospital cluster name should be identical to that used to identify the hospital to which the service unit belongs. For ambulatory and residential services units, where there is no service unit cluster, the hospital cluster name would use the relevant organisation name.
Conditional 1 - Person—age range, age group code N Mandatory 1 - Person—area of usual residence, statistical area level 2 (SA2) code (ASGS Edition 3) N(9) Mandatory 1 - Person—country of birth, code (SACC 2016) NNNN Mandatory 1 - Person—date of birth, DDMMYYYY Mandatory 1 - Person—gender, code X 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.
Conditional 1 - Person—Indigenous status, code N Mandatory 1 - Person—person identifier, XXXXXX[X(14)] Mandatory 1 - Person—sex, code X 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 National Outcomes and Casemix Collection NMDS a person’s sex is understood to be reported as at the time of data collection.
Conditional 1 - Specialised mental health service organisation—organisation identifier, XXXX DSS specific information:
For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), this organisation identifier should map to the identifiers used in data reported for the Mental health establishments NMDS 2024–25 .
Mandatory 1 - Specialised mental health service organisation—organisation name, text XXX[X(97)] DSS specific information:
For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), this organisation name should map to the identifiers used in data reported for the Mental health establishments NMDS 2024–25 .
Mandatory 1 - Specialised mental health service organisation—service delivery setting, code N DSS specific information:
For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), this data element describes the service setting in which care is most typically provided by the service unit.
It does not have to correspond to the episode of service setting (Episode of mental health care—service delivery setting, specialised mental health service setting code N ) data element reported on the collection occasion record. The service unit type item is an attribute of the service unit, and the episode of service setting data element is an attribute of the episode of mental health care.
Mandatory 1 - Specialised mental health service—admitted patient care program type, code N Conditional obligation:
For the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), complete where service delivery setting (Specialised mental health service organisation—service delivery setting, code N (aihw.gov.au) ) is CODE 1 "admitted patient stay".
DSS specific information:
For the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), additional supplementary values are available for use:
8: Not applicable
9: Not available
Conditional 1 - Specialised mental health service—admitted patient service unit identifier, XXXXXX Conditional obligation:
For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), this data element applies when the service provision setting is Admitted patient mental health care service .
Data must be collected for either this data element or one of Specialised mental health service—ambulatory service unit identifier, XXXXXX or Specialised mental health service—residential service unit identifier, XXXXXX.
DSS specific information:
For the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), admitted patient service units should be differentiated by target population (general, older persons, child and adolescent, youth, and forensic) and program type (acute vs other). For example, if a hospital had separate wards for child and adolescent and general adult populations, these should be reported as separate service units. Similarly, if the hospital provided separate wards for older persons acute and older person other program types, this would require separate service units to be identified (that is, defined by the program type as well as the target population). The overarching principle is that the same service unit identification policy must be applied to the admitted patient service units data reported under the NOCC and the Mental health establishments NMDS 2024–25 .
States and territories should ensure that the service unit identifiers are unique across all service unit types (i.e., admitted patient, ambulatory care, residential care services). Identifiers used to supply data to NOCC in respect of a particular service unit should be stable over time - that is, unless there has been a significant change to the unit, the same identifier should be used from year to year of reporting.
The service unit identifier is reported at each collection occasion. Ideally, where a mental health service provides mixed service types (e.g., overnight inpatient care as well as ambulatory care), each component will be defined as a separate service unit and assigned a unique service unit identifier.
Conditional 1 - Specialised mental health service—admitted patient service unit name, text XXX[X(97)] Conditional obligation:
For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), this data element applies when the service provision setting is admitted patient mental health care service .
Data must be collected for either this data element or one of Specialised mental health service—ambulatory service unit name, text XXX[X(97)] or Specialised mental health service—residential service unit name, text XXX[X(97)] .
DSS specific information:
For the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), admitted patient service units should be differentiated by target population (general, older persons, child and adolescent, youth, and forensic) and program type (acute vs other). For example, if a hospital had separate wards for child and adolescent and general adult populations, these should be reported as separate service units. Similarly, if the hospital provided separate wards for older persons acute and older person other program types, this would require separate service units to be identified (i.e., defined by the program type as well as the target population). The overarching principle is that the same service unit identification policy must be applied to the admitted patient service units' data reported under reported under the NOCC and the Mental health establishments NMDS 2024–25 .
The service unit name is reported at each collection occasion.
Ideally, where a mental health service provides mixed service types (e.g., overnight inpatient care as well as ambulatory care), each component will be defined as a separate service unit.
Conditional 1 - Specialised mental health service—ambulatory service unit identifier, XXXXXX Conditional obligation:
For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), this data element applies when the service provision setting is Ambulatory mental health care service.
Data must be collected for either this data element or one of Specialised mental health service—admitted patient service unit identifier, XXXXXX or Specialised mental health service—residential service unit identifier, XXXXXX.
DSS specific information:
For the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), ambulatory service units should be differentiated by target population (general, older persons, child and adolescent, youth, and forensic). Where an organisation provides multiple teams serving the same target population, these may be grouped and reported as a single service unit or identified as individual service unit in their own right. Where possible, it is also desirable that residential service units identified in NOCC data correspond directly on a one-to-one basis to those reported in the Community mental health care NMDS 2024–25 .
States and territories should ensure that the service unit identifiers are unique across all service unit types (i.e., admitted patient, ambulatory care, residential care services). Identifiers used to supply data to NOCC in respect of a particular service unit should be stable over time - that is, unless there has been a significant change to the unit, the same identifier should be used from year to year of reporting. The service unit identifier is reported at each collection occasion. Ideally, where a mental health service provides mixed service types (e.g., overnight inpatient care as well as ambulatory care), each component will be defined as a separate service unit and assigned a unique service unit identifier.
Conditional 1 - Specialised mental health service—ambulatory service unit name, text XXX[X(97)] Conditional obligation:
For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), this data element applies when the service provision setting is Ambulatory mental health care service.
Data must be collected for either this data element or one of Specialised mental health service—admitted patient service unit name, text XXX[X(97)] or Specialised mental health service—residential service unit name, text XXX[X(97)].
DSS specific information:
For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), ambulatory service units should be differentiated by target population (general, older persons, child and adolescent, youth, and forensic). Where an organisation provides multiple teams serving the same target population, these may be grouped and reported as a single service unit or identified as individual service units in their own right. Where possible, it is also desirable that residential service units identified in NOCC data correspond directly on a one-to-one basis to those reported in the Community mental health care NMDS 2024–25 .
Conditional 1 - Specialised mental health service—co-location with acute care hospital, code N DSS specific information:
For the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), additional supplementary values are available for use:
8: Not applicable
Mandatory 1 - Specialised mental health service—residential service unit identifier, XXXXXX Conditional obligation:
For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), this data element applies when the service provision setting is Residential mental health care service .
Data must be collected for either this data element or one of Specialised mental health service—admitted patient service unit identifier, XXXXXX or Specialised mental health service—ambulatory service unit identifier, XXXXXX.
DSS specific information:
For the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), residential service units should be differentiated by target population (general, older persons, child and adolescent, youth, and forensic). Where possible, it is also desirable that residential service units identified in NOCC data correspond directly on a one-to-one basis to those reported in the Residential mental health care NMDS 2024–25 .
States and territories should ensure that the service unit identifiers are unique across all service unit types (i.e., admitted patient, ambulatory care, residential care services). Identifiers used to supply data to NOCC in respect of a particular service unit should be stable over time - that is, unless there has been a significant change to the unit, the same identifier should be used from year to year of reporting.
The service unit identifier is reported at each collection occasion.
Ideally, where a mental health service provides mixed service types (e.g., overnight inpatient care as well as ambulatory care), each component will be defined as a separate service unit and assigned a unique service unit identifier.
Conditional 1 - Specialised mental health service—residential service unit name, text XXX[X(97)] Conditional obligation:
For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), this data element applies when the service provision setting is Residential mental health care service.
Data must be collected for either this data element or one of Specialised mental health service—admitted patient service unit name, text XXX[X(97)] or Specialised mental health service—ambulatory service unit name, text XXX[X(97)].
DSS specific information:
For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), residential service units should be differentiated by target population (general, older persons, child and adolescent, youth, and forensic). Where possible, it is also desirable that residential service units identified in NOCC data correspond directly on a one-to-one basis to those reported in the Residential mental health care NMDS 2024–25 .
Conditional 1 - Specialised mental health service—target population group, code N Mandatory 1 -
Cluster K10 Screening Scale for Psychological Distress last 4 weeks cluster Conditional obligation:
In the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC) NBEDS, the K10 Screening Scale for Psychological Distress (last 4 weeks) (K10+) data element cluster should be collected where:
Setting: inpatient, residential or ambulatory
Occasion: admission, review, and discharge*
Age group: adults or older persons
* Discharge ratings for the K10+ are not required by the ambulatory service or the consumer respectively, when the reason for the closure of the ambulatory episode is transfer to a bed-based treatment service setting of that organisation (i.e., psychiatric inpatient or community residential service).
Discharge ratings for the K10+ are not required for brief ambulatory episode of mental health care where the number of days between admission to and discharge from the episode of care is 14 days or less duration.
Consumers will be offered to complete the K10+ at the specified Collection occasion but completion by the consumer is not mandatory. There are circumstances where offering such measures will not be appropriate and special considerations apply to the collection of consumer rated measures.
For more information on setting, occasion, or age groups, see the Mental Health National Outcomes and Casemix Collection, Technical specification of State and Territory reporting requirements https://docs.validator.com.au/nocc/02.10/ (Australian Mental Health Outcomes and Classifications Network, 2022).
DSS specific information:
For the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), this cluster is used to represent questions 1-14 of the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (last 4 weeks) (K10+) where consumers answer questions about feelings, behaviours, and activities over a rating period. This cluster applies once every time the survey is administered.
The rating period for the K10+ is the "previous 4 weeks".
Conditional 3 1 Person—self-assessed mental health status, K10 score code N DSS specific information:
This data element collects data on a person's non-specific psycho-social distress based on ten questions about the level of nervousness, agitation, psychological fatigue, and depression in the relevant rating period.
This data element represents questions 1-10 in the K10+ and should be used 10 times - once each per question.
Mandatory 10 2 Person—period of time unable to function, total days NN Conditional obligation:
Conditional on there being no CODE 1, “none of the time” responses to Person—self-assessed mental health status, symptom frequency scale code N , recording questions 1-10 of the K10+ survey.
DSS specific information:
This data element collects data on the length of time a person was totally unable to function specifically because of their feelings.
This data element represents question 11 in the K10+ survey and asks:
11. In the past four weeks, how many days were you totally unable to work, study or manage your day-to-day activities because of these feelings?
Permitted values include: 00-28 for 0-28 days
i.e., single digits should be expressed with a leading zero.
Supplementary values include: 99 for Not stated/missing.
Conditional 1 3 Person—period partially unable to function, total days NN Conditional obligation:
Conditional on there being no CODE 1, “none of the time” responses to Person—self-assessed mental health status, symptom frequency scale code N , recording questions 1-10 of the K10+ survey.
DSS specific information:
This data element collects data on the length of time a person was partially unable to function specifically because of their feelings.
This data element represents question 12 of the K10+ survey and asks:
12. [Aside from those days], in the past 4 weeks, how many days were you able to work or study or manage your day-to-day activities, but had to cut down on what you did because of these feelings?
Permissible values include: 00-28 for 0-28 days
i.e., single digits should be expressed with a leading zero.
Supplementary values include: 99 for Not stated/missing.
Conditional 1 4 Person—number of visits to doctor or health professional, total NN Conditional obligation:
Conditional on there being no CODE 1, “none of the time” responses to Person—self-assessed mental health status, symptom frequency scale code N , recording questions 1-10 of the K10+ survey.
DSS specific information:
This data element collects a count of the total number of visits a person has made to a doctor or health professional regarding their feelings in the last 4 weeks.
This data element represents question 13 of the K10+ survey and asks:
13. In the past 4 weeks, how many times have you seen a doctor or any other health professional about these feelings?
Permissible values include: 00-89 for 0-89 visits
i.e., single digits should be expressed with a leading zero.
Supplementary values include: 99 for Not stated/missing.
Conditional 1 5 Person—effect of physical health problems on feelings rating, symptom frequency scale code N Conditional obligation:
Conditional on there being no CODE 1, “none of the time” responses to Person—self-assessed mental health status, symptom frequency scale code N , recording questions 1-10 of the K10+ survey.
DSS specific information:
This data element collects data on how often a person's physical health problems were the primary contributor to their feelings.
This data element represents question 14 on the K10+ survey and asks:
14. In the past 4 weeks, how often have physical health problems been the main cause of these feelings?
Permissible values include: 00-89 for 0-89 visits
i.e., single digits should be expressed with a leading zero.
Supplementary values include: 99 for Not stated/missing.
Conditional 1 -
Cluster Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire cluster Conditional obligation:
In the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC) NBEDS, this data element cluster, representing Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), should be collected where:
Setting: inpatient, residential or ambulatory
Occasion: admission, review, and discharge*
Age group: adults or older persons
* Discharge ratings for the SDQ are not required by the ambulatory service or the consumer respectively, when the reason for the closure of the ambulatory episode is transfer to a bed-based treatment service setting of that organisation (i.e., psychiatric inpatient or community residential service).
Discharge ratings for the SDQ are not required for brief ambulatory episode of mental health care where the number of days between admission to and discharge from the episode of care is 14 days or less duration.
Consumers will be offered to complete the SDQ at the specified collection occasion but completion by the consumer is not mandatory. There are circumstances where offering such measures will not be appropriate and special considerations apply to the collection of consumer rated measures.
For more information on setting, occasion, or age groups, see the Mental Health National Outcomes and Casemix Collection, Technical specification of State and Territory reporting requirements https://docs.validator.com.au/nocc/02.10/ (Australian Mental Health Outcomes and Classifications Network, 2022).
DSS specific information:
There are six versions (parent-report and youth-self report) of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) currently specified for National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC) reporting, with an additional four versions (teacher-report) that may be of use at the clinical level.
The “1” versions are administered on Admission and are rated on the basis of the preceding 6 months. The “2” follow up versions are administered on review and discharge and are rated on the basis of the previous 1 month period. The versions specified for NOCC reporting are:
PC1 – Parent Report Measure for children aged 4-10 years, Baseline version, Australian Version 1 PC2 – Parent Report Measure for children aged 4-10 years, Follow up version, Australian Version 1 PY1 – Parent Report Measure for children aged 11-17 years, Baseline version, Australian Version 1 PY2 – Parent Report Measure for children aged 11-17 years, Follow up version, Australian Version 1 YR1 – Youth Self-report Measure, 11-17 years, Baseline version, Australian Version 1 YR2 – Youth Self-report Measure, 11-17 years, Follow up version, Australian Version 1 Please note that the item numbering in the SDQ versions is deliberately non sequential because it covers all items in all versions, both to indicate item equivalence across versions and to assist data entry, especially of translated versions.
Conditional 3 1 Person—presence of behaviour, statement truth rating code N DSS specific information:
This data element is collected 25 times, and collects data for mental health assessment, evaluation or screening of persons 4-17 years old.
This data element represents the core Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) survey questions, which are questions 1-25 and which are used in every version of the questionnaire, and ask if the person is:
Considerate of other people’s feelings Restless, overactive, cannot stay still for long Often complains of headaches, stomach-aches, or sickness Shares readily with other children, for example toys, treats, pencils Often loses temper Rather solitary, prefers to play alone Generally well behaved, usually does what adults request Many worries or often seems worried Helpful if someone is hurt, upset or feeling ill Constantly fidgeting or squirming Has at least one good friend Often fights with other children or bullies them Often unhappy, depressed or tearful Generally liked by other children Easily distracted, concentration wanders Nervous or clingy in new situations, easily loses confidence Kind to younger children Often lies or cheats Picked on or bullied by other children Often volunteers to help others (parents, teachers, other children) Thinks things out before acting Steals from home, school or elsewhere Gets along better with adults than with other children Many fears, easily scared Good attention span, sees chores or homework through to the end Mandatory 25 2 Person—assessment of overall functionality, 4-point difficulty scale code N Conditional obligation:
If CODE 0 "no difficulties" is entered, please further complete Person—period of difficulties experienced, time scale code N with CODE 8 "not applicable"; if CODES 1-3 are entered use permissible values provided.
If CODE 0 "no difficulties" is entered, please further complete Person—rating of difficulties experienced, 4 point magnitude scale code N with CODE 8 "not applicable"; if codes 1-3 are entered use permissible values provided.
DSS specific information:
This data element is collected 1 time, and collects data for mental health assessment, evaluation or screening of persons 4-17 years old.
This data element represents question 26 on the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) survey, which asks:
26. Overall, do you think that the individual has difficulties in any of the following areas: emotions, concentration, behaviour or being able to get along with other people?
Mandatory 1 3 Person—period of difficulties experienced, time scale code N Conditional obligation:
Use of this data element is conditional on the version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) (Collection occasion—survey version, mental health code XX[XXX] ) being used. It should only be used when the version is one of:
PC1 – Parent Report Measure for children aged 4-10 years, Baseline version, Australian Version 1 PY1 – Parent Report Measure for children aged 11-17 years, Baseline version, Australian Version 1 YR1 – Youth Self-report Measure, 11-17 years, Baseline version, Australian Version 1 If CODE 0 "no difficulties" is entered for Person—assessment of overall functionality, 4-point difficulty scale code N , further complete this item with CODE 8 "not applicable".
If CODES 1-3 are entered for Person—assessment of overall functionality, 4-point difficulty scale code N , further complete this item using permissible values provided.
DSS specific information:
This data element is collected 1 time, and collects data for mental health assessment, evaluation or screening of persons 4-17 years old.
This data element represents question 27 of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) survey, which asks:
27. How long has the individual been having difficulties?
Conditional 1 4 Person—rating of difficulties experienced, 4-point magnitude scale code N Conditional obligation:
If CODE 0 "no difficulties" is entered for question 27 (Person—assessment of overall functionality, 4 point difficulty scale code N ), further complete this item with CODE 8 "not applicable".
If CODES 1-3 are entered for question 27 (Person—assessment of overall functionality, 4 point difficulty scale code N ), further complete this item using permissible values provided.
DSS specific information:
This data element is collected 6 times, and collects data for mental health assessment, evaluation or screening of persons 4-17 years old.
This data element represents questions 28-33 of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) survey, which ask:
28. Do the difficulties upset or distress the individual?
Do the difficulties interfere with everyday life in the following areas:
29. Home life
30. Friendships
31. Classroom learning
32. Leisure activities
33. Do the difficulties put a burden on the individual or the family as a whole?
Conditional 6 5 Person—effect of service on overall well-being, rating of change code N Conditional obligation:
Use of this data element is conditional on the version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) (Collection occasion—survey version, mental health code XX[XXX] ) being used. It should only be used when the version is one of:
PC2 – Parent Report Measure for children aged 4-10 years, Follow up version, Australian Version 1 PY2 – Parent Report Measure for children aged 11-17 years, Follow up version, Australian Version 1 YR2 – Youth Self-report Measure, 11-17 years, Follow up version, Australian Version 1 DSS specific information:
This data element is collected once, and collects data for mental health assessment, evaluation or screening of persons 4-17 years old.
This data element represents question 34 of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) survey, which asks:
34. Since coming to the service, are the individual's problems: ...
Conditional 1 6 Person—usefulness of service, 4-point magnitude scale code N Conditional obligation:
Use of this data element is conditional on the version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) (Collection occasion—survey version, mental health code XX[XXX] ) being used. It should only be used when the version is one of:
PC2 – Parent Report Measure for children aged 4-10 years, Follow up version, Australian Version 1 PY2 – Parent Report Measure for children aged 11-17 years, Follow up version, Australian Version 1 YR2 – Youth Self-report Measure, 11-17 years, Follow up version, Australian Version 1 DSS specific information:
This data element is collected once, and collects data for mental health assessment, evaluation or screening of persons 4-17 years old.
This data element represents question 35 of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) survey, which asks:
35. Has coming to the service been helpful in other ways, e.g., providing information or making the problems more bearable?
Conditional 1 7 Person—complaints about behaviour, 3-point magnitude scale code N Conditional obligation:
Use of this data element is conditional on the version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) (Collection occasion—survey version, mental health code XX[XXX] ) being used.
Questions 36-38 apply to versions:
PC1 – Parent Report Measure for children aged 4-10 years, Baseline version, Australian Version 1 PY1 – Parent Report Measure for children aged 11-17 years, Baseline version, Australian Version 1 Questions 39-42 apply to version:
YR1 – Youth Self-report Measure, 11-17 years, Baseline version, Australian Version 1. DSS specific information:
This data element is collected 3 times, and collects data for mental health assessment, evaluation or screening of persons 4-17 years old.
This data element represents questions 36-42 of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) survey, which ask:
36. Have teachers complained of: fidgetiness, restlessness or overactivity?
37. Have teachers complained of: poor concentration or being easily distracted?
38. Have teachers complained of: acting without thinking, frequently butting in, or not waiting for the individual’s turn?
39. Has family complained of having problems with overactivity or poor concentration?
40. Do teachers complain about problems with overactivity or poor concentration?
41. Does family complain about the individual being awkward or troublesome?
42. Do teachers complain about the individual being awkward or troublesome?
Conditional 3 - Collection occasion—measure completion status, mental health code N Conditional obligation:
Use of this data element is conditional on the measure being collected. It should be used concurrently with collection of the following measures:
For more information on setting, occasion, or age groups, see the Mental Health National Outcomes and Casemix Collection, Technical specification of State and Territory reporting requirements https://docs.validator.com.au/nocc/02.10/ (Australian Mental Health Outcomes and Classifications Network, 2022).
Conditional 99 - Collection occasion—survey version, mental health code XX[XXX] Conditional obligation:
This data element is used in conjunction with all of the clinician- and consumer-rated measures collected in in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC).
See data element guide for use for further details.
Mandatory 99 - Episode of care—FIHS psychosocial complications indicator, yes/no/unable to rate/not stated code N Conditional obligation:
In the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC) NBEDS, this data element should be collected where:
Setting: inpatient, residential or ambulatory
Occasion: review and discharge*
Age group: child and adolescent
* Discharge ratings for the Factors Influencing Health Status (FIHS) are not required by the ambulatory service or the consumer respectively, when the reason for the closure of the ambulatory episode is transfer to a bed-based treatment service setting of that organisation (i.e., psychiatric inpatient or community residential service).
Discharge ratings for the FIHS are not required for brief ambulatory episode of mental health care where the number of days between admission to and discharge from the episode of care is 14 days or less duration.
For more information on setting, occasion, or age groups, see the Mental Health National Outcomes and Casemix Collection, Technical specification of State and Territory reporting requirements https://docs.validator.com.au/nocc/02.10/ (Australian Mental Health Outcomes and Classifications Network, 2022).
Conditional 14 - Episode of care—mental health phase of care, code N Optional 1 - Episode of mental health care—identifier, X(36) Optional 1 - Person—level of difficulty with activities in a life area, abbreviated Life Skills Profile score code N Conditional obligation:
In the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC) NBEDS, this data element should be collected where:
Setting: residential and ambulatory
Occasion:
For residential setting: admission, review, and discharge For ambulatory setting: review, and discharge* Age group: adults or older persons
* Discharge ratings for the Life Skills Profile (LSP-16) are not required by the ambulatory service or the consumer respectively, when the reason for the closure of the ambulatory episode is transfer to a bed-based treatment service setting of that organisation (i.e., psychiatric inpatient or community residential service).
Discharge ratings for the LSP-16 are not required for brief ambulatory episode of mental health care, where the number of days between admission to and discharge from the episode of care is 14 days or less duration.
For more information on setting, occasion, or age groups, see the NOCC collection protocol (Australian Mental Health Outcomes and Classifications Network, 2022).
Conditional 48 - Person—level of functional independence, Resource Utilisation Groups - Activities of Daily Living score code N Conditional obligation:
In the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC) NBEDS, this data element should be collected where:
Setting: inpatient and residential
Occasion: admission and review
Age group: older persons
For more information on setting, occasion, or age groups, see the NOCC collection protocol (Australian Mental Health Outcomes and Classifications Network, 2022).
DSS specific information:
For use in the NOCC, the following labels apply:
RUG-ADL item numbers 1, 2 & 3
1: Independent or supervision only 3: Limited physical assistance 4: Other than 2 - person physical assistance 5: 2 - person physical assistance 7: Unable to rate (insufficient information) 9: Not stated / Missing
RUG-ADL item number 4
1: Independent or supervision only 2: Limited assistance 3: Extensive assistance / Total dependence / Tube fed 7: Unable to rate (insufficient information) 9: Not stated / Missing
Conditional 8 - Person—level of psychiatric symptom severity, Children's Global Assessment Scale score code N[NN] Conditional obligation:
In the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC) NBEDS, this data element should be collected where:
Setting: inpatient, residential or ambulatory
Occasion: admission and review
Age group: child and adolescent
For more information on setting, occasion, or age groups, see the Mental Health National Outcomes and Casemix Collection, Technical specification of State and Territory reporting requirements https://docs.validator.com.au/nocc/02.10/ (Australian Mental Health Outcomes and Classifications Network, 2022).
Conditional 2 - Person—level of psychiatric symptom severity, Health of the Nation Outcome Scale for Children and Adolescents score code N Conditional obligation:
In the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC) NBEDS, this data element should be collected where:
Setting: inpatient, residential or ambulatory
Occasion: admission, review, and discharge*
Age group: child and adolescent
* Discharge ratings for the Health of the Nation Outcome Scale Child and Adolescent (HoNOSCA) are not required by the ambulatory service or the consumer respectively, when the reason for the closure of the ambulatory episode is transfer to a bed-based treatment service setting of that organisation (i.e., psychiatric inpatient or community residential service). Where possible, the HoNOSCA ratings for admission in the inpatient unit or the community residential care setting are reported as the consumer’s discharge ratings from the ambulatory episode.
Discharge ratings for the HoNOSCA are not required for brief ambulatory episode of mental health care where the number of days between admission to and discharge from the episode of care is 14 days or less duration.
Discharge ratings for the HoNOSCA are not required for inpatient episodes of 3 days or less duration.
For more information on setting, occasion, or age groups, see the NOCC collection protocol (Australian Mental Health Outcomes and Classifications Network, 2022).
Conditional 45 - Person—level of psychiatric symptom severity, Health of the Nation Outcome Scale other type code A Conditional obligation:
In the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC) NBEDS, this data element should be collected where:
Setting: inpatient, residential or ambulatory
Occasion: admission, review, and discharge*
Age group: adults or older persons
* Discharge ratings for the Health of the Nation Outcome Scale (HoNOS) are not required by the ambulatory service or the consumer respectively, when the reason for the closure of the ambulatory episode is transfer to a bed-based treatment service setting of that organisation (i.e., psychiatric inpatient or community residential service). Where possible, the HoNOS ratings for admission in the inpatient unit or the community residential care setting are reported as the consumer’s discharge ratings from the ambulatory episode.
Discharge ratings for the HoNOS are not required for brief ambulatory episode of mental health care, where the number of days between admission to and discharge from the episode of care is 14 days or less duration.
Discharge ratings for the HoNOS are not required for inpatient episodes of 3 days or less duration.
For more information on setting, occasion, or age groups, see the NOCC collection protocol (Australian Mental Health Outcomes and Classifications Network, 2022).
DSS specific information:
This item is used in conjunction with Person—level of psychiatric symptom severity, Health of the Nation Outcome Scale score code N . It records supplementary information about types of mental or behavioural problems.
Conditional 3 - Person—level of psychiatric symptom severity, Health of the Nation Outcome Scale score code N Conditional obligation:
In the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC) NBEDS, this data element should be collected where:
Setting: inpatient, residential or ambulatory
Occasion: admission, review, and discharge*
Age group: adults or older persons
* Discharge ratings for the Health of the Nation Outcome Scale (HoNOS) are not required by the ambulatory service or the consumer respectively, when the reason for the closure of the ambulatory episode is transfer to a bed-based treatment service setting of that organisation (i.e., psychiatric inpatient or community residential service). Where possible, the HoNOS ratings for admission in the inpatient unit or the community residential care setting are reported as the consumer’s discharge ratings from the ambulatory episode.
Discharge ratings for the HoNOS are not required for brief ambulatory episode of mental health care, where the number of days between admission to and discharge from the episode of care is 14 days or less duration.
Discharge ratings for the HoNOS are not required for inpatient episodes of 3 days or less duration.
For more information on setting, occasion, or age groups, see the NOCC collection protocol (Australian Mental Health Outcomes and Classifications Network, 2022).
Conditional 36 - Person—self-assessed mental health status, BASIS-32 score code N Conditional obligation:
In the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC) NBEDS, this data element should be collected where:
Setting: inpatient, residential or ambulatory
Occasion: admission, review, and discharge*
Age group: adults or older persons
* Discharge ratings for the Behavior and Symptom Identification Scale (BASIS-32) are not required by the ambulatory service or the consumer respectively, when the reason for the closure of the ambulatory episode is transfer to a bed-based treatment service setting of that organisation (i.e., psychiatric inpatient or community residential service).
Discharge ratings for the BASIS-32 are not required for brief ambulatory episode of mental health care where the number of days between admission to and discharge from the episode of care is 14 days or less duration.
Consumers will be offered to complete the BASIS-32 at the specified Collection occasion but completion by the consumer is not mandatory. There are circumstances where offering such measures will not be appropriate and special considerations apply to the collection of consumer rated measures.
For more information on setting, occasion, or age groups, see the Mental Health National Outcomes and Casemix Collection, Technical specification of State and Territory reporting requirements https://docs.validator.com.au/nocc/02.10/ (Australian Mental Health Outcomes and Classifications Network, 2022).
DSS specific information:
For the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), this data element is used to represent questions 1-32 the Behavior and Symptom Identification Scale (BASIS-32) where consumers answer questions about their difficulties over a rating period with a single allowable response for each question. This data element is re-used 32 times to represent all questions in the measure.
The rating period for the BASIS-32 is the "past two weeks" in order to align the measure with clinician-rated measures and facilitate comparison.
Conditional 96 - Person—self-assessed mental health status, K10 score code N Conditional obligation:
In the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC) NBEDS, this data element, representing the K10 Screening Scale for Psychological Distress (K10), should be collected where:
Setting: inpatient, residential or ambulatory
Occasion: admission, review, and discharge*
Age group: adults or older persons
* Discharge ratings for the K10 are not required by the ambulatory service or the consumer respectively, when the reason for the closure of the ambulatory episode is transfer to a bed-based treatment service setting of that organisation (i.e., psychiatric inpatient or community residential service).
Discharge ratings for the K10 are not required for brief ambulatory episode of mental health care where the number of days between admission to and discharge from the episode of care is 14 days or less duration.
Consumers will be offered to complete the K10 at the specified Collection occasion but completion by the consumer is not mandatory. There are circumstances where offering such measures will not be appropriate and special considerations apply to the collection of consumer rated measures.
For more information on setting, occasion, or age groups, see the Mental Health National Outcomes and Casemix Collection, Technical specification of State and Territory reporting requirements https://docs.validator.com.au/nocc/02.10/ (Australian Mental Health Outcomes and Classifications Network, 2022).
DSS specific information:
For the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), this data element is used to represent questions 1-10 of the K10 Screening Scale for Psychological Distress (K10) where consumers answer questions about psycho-social distress over the rating period with a single allowable response for each question. This data element is re-used 10 times to represent all questions in the measure.
For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection, this data element can be used singly for the rating period called "last 3 days" (K10L3D). That rating period is for use in inpatient settings where the service event is of less than 3 days duration.
This data element can also be used as part of a K10 cluster which has a rating period of "previous 4 weeks". That K10 Screening Scale for Psychological Distress last 4 weeks cluster (K10+ or K10+LM).
Conditional 30 - Person—self-assessed mental health status, MHI-38 score code N Conditional obligation:
In the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC) NBEDS, this data element should be collected where:
Setting: inpatient, residential or ambulatory
Occasion: admission, review, and discharge*
Age group: adults or older persons
* Discharge ratings for the Mental Health Inventory (MHI-38) are not required by the ambulatory service or the consumer respectively, when the reason for the closure of the ambulatory episode is transfer to a bed-based treatment service setting of that organisation (i.e., psychiatric inpatient or community residential service).
Discharge ratings for the MHI-38 are not required for brief ambulatory episode of mental health care where the number of days between admission to and discharge from the episode of care is 14 days or less duration.
Consumers will be offered to complete MHI-38 at the specified Collection occasion but completion by the consumer is not mandatory. There are circumstances where offering such measures will not be appropriate and special considerations apply to the collection of consumer rated measures.
For more information on setting, occasion, or age groups, see the Mental Health National Outcomes and Casemix Collection, Technical specification of State and Territory reporting requirements https://docs.validator.com.au/nocc/02.10/ (Australian Mental Health Outcomes and Classifications Network, 2022).
DSS specific information:
For the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), this data element is used to represent questions 1-38 of the Mental Health Inventory (MHI-38) survey instrument. Questions are asked of the consumer about the rating period, with a single allowable response for each question. This data element is re-used 38 times to represent all questions in the measure.
The rating period for the MHI-38 is the past month.
Conditional 74