Medical graduate trainee—medical specialty type, code N[N].N[N]

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Medical speciality of medical graduate trainees
METEOR identifier:	542872
Registration status:	Health, Retired 31/10/2017 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Superseded 17/08/2015
Definition:	The medical speciality qualification for which a medical graduate trainee is studying, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:	Medical graduate trainee—medical specialty type

Value domain attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

Number

Format:

N[N].N[N]

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
1.0	Addiction medicine
2.0	Anaesthesia
3.0	Dermatology
4.0	Emergency medicine
5.0	General practice
6.0	Intensive care medicine
7.0	Medical administration
8.0	Obstetrics and gynaecology
9.0	Occupational and environmental medicine
10.0	Ophthalmology
11.0	Paediatrics and child health
12.0	Pain medicine
13.0	Palliative medicine
14.0	Pathology
15.0	Physician
15.1	Physician - cardiology
15.2	Physician - endocrinology
15.3	Physician - gastroenterology and hepatology
15.4	Physician - general medicine
15.5	Physician - geriatric medicine
15.6	Physician - medical oncology
15.7	Physician - nephrology
15.8	Physician - neurology
15.88	Physician - other physician type
16.0	Psychiatry
17.0	Public health medicine
18.0	Radiation oncology
19.0	Radiology
20.0	Rehabilitation medicine
21.0	Sexual health medicine
22.0	Sport and exercise medicine
23.0	Surgery
23.1	Surgery - general
23.2	Surgery - orthopaedic
23.3	Surgery - otolaryngology
23.4	Surgery - plastic
23.88	Surgery - other surgery type
80.0	Medical profession certificate or diploma

Supplementary values:

Value	Meaning
99.9	Not stated/inadequately described

Submitting organisation:

Independent Hospital Pricing Authority

Guide for use:

CODE 80.0 Medical profession certificate or diploma

Includes medical certificate and diploma courses from specialist colleges with public hospital workplace based training requirements.

Submitting organisation:

Independent Hospital Pricing Authority

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