Health service event—first service contact date, DDMMYYYY

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	First health service contact date
METEOR identifier:	447930
Registration status:	Health, Standard 07/12/2011
Definition:	The date on which first contact is made between a health care provider and one or more persons for assessment, care, consultation and/or treatment, expressed as DDMMYYYY.
Data Element Concept:	Health service event—first service contact date
Value Domain:	Date DDMMYYYY

Value domain attributes
Representational attributes
Representation class:	Date
Data type:	Date/Time
Format:	DDMMYYYY
Maximum character length:	8

Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Data element attributes
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	See also Health service event—service request received date, DDMMYYYY Health, Standard 07/12/2011
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes +	Lung cancer (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 14/05/2015 DSS specific attributes + DSS specific information: Use this data element to record the date a patient presents for the first time to a lung or cancer specialist. This consultation may occur prior to diagnosis so the specialist is involved in the diagnostic process or after the diagnosis of lung cancer has been made so the specialist is involved in the treatment of cancer. A lung or cancer specialist is defined as a consultant in any of the following specialties: respiratory medicine, cardio-thoracic surgery, clinical oncology, medical oncology and radiation oncology. Lung cancer (clinical) NBPDS Health, Standard 14/05/2015 DSS specific attributes + DSS specific information: Use this data element to record the date a patient presents for the first time to a lung or cancer specialist. This consultation may occur prior to diagnosis so the specialist is involved in the diagnostic process or after the diagnosis of lung cancer has been made so the specialist is involved in the treatment of cancer. A lung or cancer specialist is defined as a consultant in any of the following specialties: respiratory medicine, cardio-thoracic surgery, clinical oncology, medical oncology and radiation oncology. Radiotherapy waiting times DSS 2012-13 Health, Superseded 13/11/2013 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2012 Implementation end date: 30/06/2013 Conditional obligation: Every record must contain either this item or Patient—radiotherapy start date, DDMMYYYY. DSS specific information: This is the date of the patient's first ever consultation at a particular establishment with a radiation oncologist. Subsequent consultations the patient has at the same establishment (with the same or different radiation oncologist or for the same or a new diagnosis) are not within scope of the RWT DSS.