Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) prescription—specialty of prescriber, group code NN
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Specialty group of prescriber |
| METEOR identifier: | 600681 |
| Registration status: | Commonwealth Department of Health, Retired 19/10/2023 |
| Definition: | The broad field of specialty of the authorised health professional responsible for the writing and signing of a prescription for a medicinal product included in the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), as represented by a code. |
| Data Element Concept: | Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) prescription—specialty of prescriber |
| Value Domain: | Health professional specialty group code NN |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
| Representation class: | Code | |
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| Data type: | String | |
| Format: | NN | |
| Maximum character length: | 2 | |
| Value | Meaning | |
| Permissible values: | 01 | General practitioner (GP) |
| 02 | Specialist | |
| 03 | Allied health professional | |
| 04 | Dental practitioner | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Guide for use: | More detailed versions of this value domain, including codes at the major field of specialty level and the subspecialty level, are also available. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Department of Health |
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Data element attributes | |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Department of Health |
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Relational attributes | |
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| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) state/territory data extract 2013-14 Commonwealth Department of Health, Retired 19/10/2023 |