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Person—level of psychiatric symptom severity, Children's Global Assessment Scale score code N[NN]

Data Element Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termLevel of psychiatric symptom severity (CGAS score)
METEOR identifier:Help on this term575056
Registration status:Help on this term

Health, Superseded 28/02/2017

Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 12/11/2015

Definition:Help on this termAn assessment of the severity of a person's psychiatric symptoms, as represented by a Children's Global Assessment Scale (CGAS) score-based code.
Context:Help on this termPsychiatric symptom severity, persons aged 17 years and under.
Data Element Concept:Help on this termPerson—level of psychiatric symptom severity
Value Domain:Help on this termChildren's Global Assessment Scale score code N[NN]

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termCode
Data type:Help on this termNumber
Format:Help on this termN[NN]
Maximum character length:Help on this term3
  ValueMeaning
Supplementary values:Help on this term997Unable to rate
  999
 
Not stated/missing
 

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

The Children's Global Assessment Scale (CGAS) was developed to provide a measure of severity of disturbance in children and adolescents. It is designed to reflect the lowest level of functioning for a child or an adolescent during a specified period.

The measure provides a single global rating only, on a scale of 1 to 100. Clinicians assign a score, with 1 representing the most functionally impaired child, and 100 the healthiest child.

Scale ranges:

100-91Superior functioning in all areas
90-81Good functioning in all areas
80-71No more than slight impairments in functioning
70-61Some difficulty in a single area but generally functioning pretty well
60-51Variable functioning with sporadic difficulties or symptoms in several but not all social areas
50-41Moderate interference in functioning in most social areas or severe impairment of functioning in one area
40-31Major impairment of functioning in several areas and unable to function in one of these areas
30-21Unable to function in almost all areas
20-11Needs considerable supervision
10-1Needs constant supervision

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term
Independent Hospital Pricing Authority
Reference documents:Help on this term

Australian Mental Health Outcomes and Classification Network 2005. Training Manual: Child & Adolescent All Service Settings. Viewed 22 May 2014,

http://amhocn.org/static/files/assets/7ceb5dda/
Child_Adolescent_Manual.pdf

Data element attributes Help on this term

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term
Independent Hospital Pricing Authority
Reference documents:Help on this term

Australian Mental Health Outcomes and Classification Network 2005. Training Manual: Child & Adolescent All Service Settings. Viewed 22 May 2014,

http://amhocn.org/static/files/assets/7ceb5dda/
Child_Adolescent_Manual.pdf

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Has been superseded by Person—level of psychiatric symptom severity, Children's Global Assessment Scale score code N[NN]

        Health, Standard 28/02/2017

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
All attributes +
Activity based funding: Mental health care DSS 2016-17

        Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Superseded 28/02/2017

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2016
Implementation end date: 30/06/2017
Conditional obligation:

Reporting of the CGAS at the start of the mental health phase of care is mandatory for patients in all settings.

Reporting of the CGAS is not mandatory if mental health phase of care is reported as Assessment Only.

The CGAS should only be reported for patients aged 17 years and under.


Admitted patient mental health care cluster

        Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 15/10/2014

DSS specific attributes +
Conditional obligation:

Reporting of the CGAS is mandatory at admission and separation for admitted patients in psychiatric hospitals or designated psychiatric units in acute hospitals. Reporting is optional for admitted patients in non-designated hospitals or units.

The CGAS should only be reported for patients aged 17 years and under.


Ambulatory patient mental health care cluster

        Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 15/10/2014

DSS specific attributes +
Conditional obligation:

For the purposes of this DSS, an ambulatory episode is defined as a period of continuous contact between a consumer and a mental health service within an ambulatory service setting. This is consistent with the definition in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection.

Reporting of the CGAS is mandatory for the first service contact of an ambulatory mental health care episode provided by a specialised mental health service. 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.

The CGAS should only be reported for patients aged 17 years and under.

DSS specific information:

The CGAS for the first service contact may be derived from the CGAS admission value submitted for the patient's ambulatory care episode as part of the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection reporting requirements.


Residential patient mental health care cluster

        Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 15/10/2014

DSS specific attributes +
Conditional obligation:

Reporting of CGAS at admission is mandatory for residential mental health care services that are included in the General list of in-scope public hospital services, which have been developed under the National Health Reform Agreement (2011). Reporting is optional for episodes of residential mental health care provided by government-funded, non-government operated services.

The CGAS should only be reported for patients aged 17 years and under.


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