Outpatient clinic type code N[N]
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Metadata item type:![]() | Value Domain |
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METEOR identifier:![]() | 336973 |
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Definition:![]() | The code set representing the organisational unit or organisational arrangement through which a hospital provides healthcare services in an outpatient setting. |
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Guide for use:![]() | The rules for allocating (mapping) clinic services to the clinic codes structure is the responsibility of each State and Territory and these rules need to be applied consistently within each State and Territory. In most cases, reference to the code guide of permissible values will be adequate to map a hospital's clinics to the data domain. If not, general principles for mapping existing clinics to the data domain should take account of (a) the nature of the specialty, (b) patient characteristics, e.g. age, and (c) the field of practice of the service provider. Where the patient characteristics have determined that a paediatric clinic type is appropriate, then further differentiation between surgical and medical is determined by (a) the nature of the specialty, and (b) the field of practice of the service provider. That is, paediatric medical would include any investigations, treatment(s) or services provided to a child which do not pertain to the surgical care of diseases or injuries. In paediatric hospitals, the full range of clinic types should be used. A guide for the permissible values of codes for the outpatient clinic types is as follows: CODE 1 Allied Health
Includes clinics specified in mapping list above run solely by these Allied Health (AH) professionals. Example: A speech Pathologist conducting a clinic with booked patients for speech pathology services. Excludes services provided by AH professionals in clinics classified in codes 2-23. Example: a physiotherapist running a cardiac rehabilitation clinic is classified to the Cardiology Clinic (see code 5). CODE 2 Dental
CODE 3 Gynaecology
CODE 4 Obstetrics
Excludes gestational diabetes (see code 6). CODE 5 Cardiology
Excludes cardiac catheterisation (see code 22). CODE 6 Endocrinology
CODE 7 Oncology
Excludes chemotherapy (see code 20). Excludes gynaecological oncology (see code 3). CODE 8 Respiratory
CODE 9 Gastroenterology
Excludes endoscopy (see code 13). CODE 10 Medical
CODE 11 General practice/primary care
Excludes Medicare billable patients; defined specialty general practice clinics only. CODE 12 Paediatric Medical
In paediatric hospitals the full range of service types should be used. That is, paediatric medical should be reported as medical and paediatric surgery should be reported as surgery. CODE 13 Endoscopy Includes all occasions of service for endoscopy including cystoscopy, gastroscopy, oesophagoscopy, duodenoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, laryngoscopy and sigmoidoscopy. Care must be taken to ensure procedures for admitted patients are excluded from this category. CODE 14 Plastic surgery
CODE 15 Urology
Includes urodynamic measurement and IVPs. CODE 16 Orthopaedic surgery
CODE 17 Ophthalmology
CODE 18 Ear, nose and throat
CODE 19 Pre-admission and pre-anaesthesia
CODE 20 Chemotherapy Includes all forms of chemotherapy. CODE 21 Dialysis Dialysis and includes renal dialysis education. See code 24 for Renal medicine CODE 22 Surgery
CODE 23 Paediatric surgery In paediatric hospitals the full range of service types should be used. That is, paediatric medical should be reported as medical and paediatric surgery should be reported as surgery. CODE 24 Renal Medical
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Related metadata references:![]() | Supersedes Outpatient clinic type code N[N]
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Data elements implementing this value domain:![]() | Establishment—outpatient clinic type, code N[N]
Non-admitted patient service event—outpatient clinic type, code N[N]
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