Community mental health care NMDS 2015-16

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Set Specification
METEOR identifier:	565694
Registration status:	Health, Superseded 04/09/2015
DSS type:	National Minimum Data Set (NMDS)
Scope:	The Community mental health care national minimum data set (CMHC NMDS) includes data about Mental health service contacts provided by specialised mental health services for patients/clients, other than those admitted to psychiatric hospitals or designated psychiatric units in acute care hospitals, and those resident in 24 hour staffed specialised residential mental health services. The scope covers all ambulatory mental health care service units that deliver clinical care and are administered or funded by state and territory governments. The scope of the collection includes ambulatory clinical mental health care provided by service units covering all target populations and includes general adult, child & adolescent, youth, older persons and forensic community mental health service units. The scope excludes ambulatory equivalent same day separations. The scope excludes support services that are not specialised mental health care services (see Specialised mental health service) and services provided by non-government organisations. The following metadata items are of particular relevance to the scope of the CMHC NMDS: Ambulatory mental health care service Specialised mental health service

Collection and usage attributes
Statistical unit:	Mental health service contact
Implementation start date:	01/07/2015
Implementation end date:	30/06/2016
Comments:	Glossary items Glossary terms that are relevant to this National minimum data set are included here. Admitted patient mental health care service Ambulatory care Ambulatory mental health care service Geographic indicator Resident Residential mental health care service Separation
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Supersedes Community mental health care NMDS 2014-15 Health, Superseded 13/11/2014 Has been superseded by Community mental health care NMDS 2016-17 Health, Superseded 17/08/2017 See also Activity based funding: Mental health care DSS 2015-16 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Superseded 16/03/2016 See also Community mental health care NMDS 2015–16: National Community Mental Health Care Database, 2017; Quality Statement AIHW Data Quality Statements, Superseded 11/10/2018
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes +	Ambulatory patient mental health care cluster Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 15/10/2014 DSS specific attributes + Conditional obligation: Reporting of these data elements is mandatory for service contacts provided by specialised mental health services. Reporting is optional for service contacts provided by specialised mental health services from non-government organisations that receive state or territory government funding. Reporting is optional for service events provided by non-specialised mental health services.

Metadata items in this Data Set Specification

Seq No.	Metadata item	Obligation	Max occurs
-	Episode of care—mental health legal status, code N	Mandatory	1
-	Episode of care—principal diagnosis, code (ICD-10-AM 8th edn) ANN{.N[N]} *DSS specific information:* Codes can be used either from ICD-10-AM or from 'The ICD-10-AM Mental Health Manual: An Integrated Classification and Diagnostic Tool for Community-Based Mental Health Services', published by the National Centre for Classification in Health.	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)] *DSS specific information:* Mental health data collections are hierarchical in nature. An identical reporting structure, including region name, should be common between all mental health collections, including the Mental Health Establishments (MHE), Community Mental Health Care (CMHC) and Residential Mental Health Care (RMHC) NMDS's, the Mental Health National Outcomes and Casemix collection and any future mental health collections.	Mandatory	1
-	Establishment—sector, code N	Mandatory	1
-	Establishment—service unit cluster identifier, XXXXX	Mandatory	1
-	Establishment—service unit cluster name, text XXX[X(97)]	Mandatory	1
-	Mental health service contact—patient/client participation indicator, yes/no code N	Mandatory	1
-	Mental health service contact—service contact date, DDMMYYYY	Mandatory	1
-	Mental health service contact—service duration, total minutes NNN	Mandatory	1
-	Mental health service contact—session type, code N	Mandatory	1
-	Person—area of usual residence, statistical area level 2 (SA2) code (ASGS 2011) N(9)	Mandatory	1
-	Person—country of birth, code (SACC 2011) NNNN	Mandatory	1
-	Person—date of birth, DDMMYYYY *DSS specific information:* This field must not be null. National minimum data sets: For the provision of State and Territory hospital data to Commonwealth agencies this field must: be less than or equal to Admission date, Date patient presents or Service contact date be consistent with diagnoses and procedure codes, for records to be grouped.	Mandatory	1
-	Person—Indigenous status, code N	Mandatory	1
-	Person—marital status, code N	Mandatory	1
-	Person—person identifier, XXXXXX[X(14)] *DSS specific information:* For mental health collections, the Person identifier for a uniquely identifiable person should be consistent between National minimum data sets and other associated collections, and across collection periods, where technically possible.	Mandatory	1
-	Person—sex, code N	Mandatory	1
-	Person—unique identifier used indicator, yes/no code N	Mandatory	1
-	Specialised mental health service organisation—organisation identifier, XXXX	Mandatory	1
-	Specialised mental health service organisation—organisation name, text XXX[X(97)]	Mandatory	1
-	Specialised mental health service—ambulatory service unit identifier, XXXXXX	Mandatory	1
-	Specialised mental health service—ambulatory service unit name, text XXX[X(97)]	Mandatory	1
-	Specialised mental health service—target population group, code N	Mandatory	1

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