Health professional specialty group code NN

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Value Domain
METEOR identifier:	601978
Registration status:	Commonwealth Department of Health, Standard 14/10/2015
Definition:	A code set representing broad categories of medical specialty.
Context:	The categories and codes presented here are commonly used in the context of the Medical Benefits Schedule (MBS) and Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).

Representational attributes

Representation class:

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Code

Data type:

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String

Format:

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NN

Maximum character length:

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2

Permissible values:

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Value	Meaning
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.

Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Department of Health

Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	See also Health professional major specialty code NNNN Commonwealth Department of Health, Standard 17/12/2015 See also Health professional subspecialty code NNNNNN Commonwealth Department of Health, Standard 17/12/2015
Data elements implementing this value domain:	Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) prescription—specialty of prescriber, group code NN Commonwealth Department of Health, Standard 17/12/2015 Service/care provider—specialty of requesting provider, health professional specialty group code NN Commonwealth Department of Health, Standard 14/10/2015 Service/care provider—specialty of servicing provider, health professional specialty group code NN Commonwealth Department of Health, Standard 14/10/2015