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

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termMental health intervention type (MHIC code)
METEOR identifier:Help on this term575281
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 15/10/2014
Definition:Help on this termThe 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 attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Data element concept:Episode of care—mental health intervention type
METEOR identifier:Help on this term575275
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Candidate 20/01/2015
  • Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 15/10/2014
Definition:Help on this termThe type of activity carried out during an episode of care to improve, maintain or assess the health of a person with a mental illness.
Object class:Help on this termEpisode of care
Property:Help on this termMental health intervention type

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this termIndependent Hospital Pricing Authority

Value domain attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Value domain:Mental health intervention type code (MHIC V1.0) X(20)
METEOR identifier:Help on this term575266
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Not progressed 15/10/2014
  • Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 15/10/2014
Definition:Help on this termThe Mental Health Intervention Classification (Version 1.0) code set representing procedures and interventions.

Representational attributes

Classification scheme:Mental Health Intervention Classification (MHIC) Version 1.0
Representation class:Help on this termCode
Data type:Help on this termString
Format:Help on this termX(20)
Maximum character length:Help on this term20

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this termIndependent Hospital Pricing Authority

Data element attributes

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this termIndependent Hospital Pricing Authority

Relational attributes

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term

Admitted patient mental health care cluster
Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 15/10/2014

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 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 information:

If collected, mental health interventions should be reported at the residential episode of care level.