Episode of care—mental health intervention type, code (MHIC V1.0) X(20)

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Mental health intervention type (MHIC code)
METEOR identifier:	575281
Registration status:	Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 15/10/2014
Definition:	The type of activity carried out during an episode of care to improve, maintain or assess the health of a person with a mental illness, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:	Episode of care—mental health intervention type

Value domain attributes
Representational attributes
Classification scheme:	Mental Health Intervention Classification (MHIC) Version 1.0
Representation class:	Code
Data type:	String
Format:	X(20)
Maximum character length:	20
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Independent Hospital Pricing Authority
Data element attributes
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Independent Hospital Pricing Authority
Relational attributes
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes +	Admitted patient mental health care cluster Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 15/10/2014 DSS specific attributes + DSS specific information: If collected, mental health interventions should be reported at the admitted episode of care level. Ambulatory patient mental health care cluster Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 15/10/2014 DSS specific attributes + DSS specific information: 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. If collected, mental health interventions should be reported at the ambulatory episode of care level. Residential patient mental health care cluster Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 15/10/2014 DSS specific attributes + DSS specific information: If collected, mental health interventions should be reported at the residential episode of care level.