Appointment—care type, code AAA

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Appointment care type code
Synonymous names:	APP_CARE_TYPE_CODE; CARE_TYPE
METEOR identifier:	605985
Registration status:	WA Health, Standard 24/04/2015
Definition:	The code that identifies the nature, acuity and intensity of care provided to a patient at an appointment.
Data Element Concept:	Appointment—care type

Value domain attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

String

Format:

AAA

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
GER	Geriatric evaluation and management
PAL	Palliative
PSY	Psychogeriatric
REH	Rehabilitation

Supplementary values:

Guide for use:

This data item is a mandatory item for national reporting in the:

This data item is reported nationally using the data element:

Local codes are mapped to national codes for reporting purposes

Local codes in NAPAAWL	National codes
REH Rehabilitation	1 Rehabilitation
PAL Palliative	2 Palliative
GER Geriatric evaluation	3 Geriatric evaluation and management (GEM)
PSY Psychogeriatric	4 Psychogeriatric
MHC Mental health care	5 Mental health care
OTH Other NSP Not specified UNK Unknown	8 Other/unknown

The local version has the synonymous name APP_CARE_TYPE_CODE.

The nationally reported version of care type has the synonymous name CARE_TYPE.

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Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

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