More than one code may be recorded if there are multiple reasons for visiting the health clinic. CODE 1 Health check Record this code if the person attended the clinic for a general health check. CODE 2 Diabetes Record this code if the person attended the clinic for treatment of Type 1, Type 2 or gestational diabetes. CODE 3 Mental health condition Record this code if the person attended the clinic for treatment of a mental health condition. CODE 4 Pathology Record this code if the person attending the clinic was having blood or urine tested or receiving results from a blood or urine test. CODE 5 Skin condition (excludes cancer and communicable diseases) Record this code if the person attended the clinic for a skin condition (excludes cancer and communicable diseases). CODE 6 Drug and alcohol issue Record this code if the person attended the clinic for a drug and alcohol issue. CODE 7 Medication Record this code if the person attended the clinic for medication. CODE 8 Vaccination Record this code if the person attended the clinic for a vaccination. CODE 9 Musculoskeletal injury Record this code if the person attended the clinic for a musculoskeletal injury. Musculoskeletal conditions are recorded separately. CODE 10 Musculoskeletal condition (excluding arthritis, injury or cancer) Record this code if the person attended the clinic for a musculoskeletal condition. This excludes arthritis, cancer or injury.
CODE 11 Cardiovascular disease Record this code if person attended the clinic for treatment of cardiovascular disease (includes coronary heart disease, heart failure, rheumatic fever, rheumatic heart disease, congenital heart disease, stroke and peripheral vascular disease).
CODE 12 Respiratory condition (excludes asthma, cancer or communicable diseases) Record this code if the person attended the clinic for treatment of a respiratory condition. CODE 13 Communicable disease Communicable diseases are those which are capable of being transmitted between individuals and include infectious and parasitic disease (Healey 2004). Record this code if person attended the clinic for treatment of a communicable disease (includes blood-borne diseases, gastrointestinal diseases, quarantinable diseases, sexually transmitted infections, vaccine preventable diseases, vector-borne diseases, zoonoses and other bacterial infections. CODE 14 Dental Record this code if the person attended the clinic for dental referral, dental procedures or dental pain. CODE 15 Digestive condition (excluding cancer) Record this code if the person attended the clinic for treatment of a digestive condition. This excludes cancers which are recorded separately.
CODE 16 Wound care Record this code if the person attended the clinic for wound care for example dressings or review. CODE 17 Asthma Record this code if the person attended the clinic for the treatment of asthma.
CODE 18 Sensory conditions (ear and eye conditions) Record this code if the person attended the clinic for the treatment of ear or eye conditions. CODE 19 Neurological condition Record this code if the person attended the clinic for neurological conditions for example epilepsy, Parkinson disease, motor neurone disease. CODE 20 Malignancy (cancer, excludes non-melanoma skin cancer) Record this code if the reason for attending the clinic was a malignancy (cancer), excludes non-melanoma skin cancer. CODE 21 Arthritis Record this code if the person attended the clinic for treatment of arthritis (includes gout, rheumatism, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, other type, arthritis type unknown).
CODE 22 Women's health Record this code if the person attended the clinic for women's health issues for example cervical screening, contraceptives. CODE 25 Other Record this code if the person attended the clinic for a reason not specified above. CODE 99 Not stated/inadequately described Record this code when the reason is unknown. |