Service event—Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) item identifier, NN[NNN]

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) item identifier
METEOR identifier:	603645
Registration status:	Commonwealth Department of Health, Retired 19/10/2023
Definition:	A unique numeric identifier for an item for which a Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) benefit is paid for a provided service.
Data Element Concept:	Service event—Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) item identifier
Value Domain:	Identifier NN[NNN]

Value domain attributes
Representational attributes
Representation class:	Identifier
Data type:	Number
Format:	NN[NNN]
Maximum character length:	5

Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Department of Health

Data element attributes
Collection and usage attributes
Guide for use:	This is the data item used for reporting purposes. The Aggregate item number is mapped to this item.
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Department of Health
Relational attributes
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes +	Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) state/territory data extract 2013-14 Commonwealth Department of Health, Retired 19/10/2023 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2013 Implementation end date: 30/06/2014 DSS specific information: Variable name = ITEM
Implementation in Indicators:	Used as Numerator Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation 2018: Number of MBS-subsidised services for cardiac stress tests and imaging per 100,000 people aged 18 years and over, 2016-17 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 13/12/2018 Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation 2018: Number of MBS-subsidised services for myocardial perfusion scans per 100,000 people aged 18 years and over, 2016-17 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 13/12/2018 Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation 2018: Number of MBS-subsidised services for neck ultrasound per 100,000 people aged 18 years and over, 2016-17 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 13/12/2018 Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation 2018: Number of MBS-subsidised services for standard echocardiography per 100,000 population aged 18 years and over, 2016-17 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 13/12/2018 Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation 2018: Number of MBS-subsidised services for stress echocardiography per 100,000 people aged 18 years and over, 2016-17 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 13/12/2018 Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation 2018: Number of MBS-subsidised services for thyroid function tests per 100,000 people aged 18 years and over, 2016-17 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 13/12/2018 Indigenous Better Cardiac Care measure: 1.1-Annual health assessments, 2016 Health, Standard 17/08/2017 Indigenous Better Cardiac Care measure: 2.1-Cardiac-related diagnostic tests, 2016 Health, Standard 17/08/2017 Indigenous Better Cardiac Care measure: 4.2-Chronic disease management, 2016 Health, Standard 17/08/2017 Number of MBS-funded services for prostate biopsies per 100,000 men aged 40 years and over, 2013–14 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 23/11/2016 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Number of MBS-subsidised services for gastroscopy per 100,000 people aged 18-54 years, 2018-19 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 27/04/2021 Number of MBS-subsidised services for repeat colonoscopy per 100,000 people of all ages, 2018-19 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 27/04/2021 Number of MBS-subsidised services for repeat gastroscopy per 100,000 people of all ages, 2018-19 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 27/04/2021 Number of people who had at least one medication management review, per 100,000 people aged 75 years and over, 2018-19 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 27/04/2021 Used as Disaggregation Indigenous Better Cardiac Care measure: 2.1-Cardiac-related diagnostic tests, 2016 Health, Standard 17/08/2017 Used as Denominator Indigenous Better Cardiac Care measure: 4.2-Chronic disease management, 2016 Health, Standard 17/08/2017