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Appointment—principal source of funding, patient funding source code AAA

Data Element Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termAppointment payment classification code
Synonymous names:Help on this termAPP_PAY_CLASS_CODE; FUNDING_SOURCE
METEOR identifier:Help on this term606188
Registration status:Help on this term
  • WA Health, Standard 24/04/2015
Definition:Help on this term

The principal source of funds that is expected to pay for the health care provided to a patient at an appointment, as represented by a code.

Data Element Concept:Help on this termAppointment—principal source of funding

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termCode
Data type:Help on this termString
Format:Help on this termAAA
Maximum character length:Help on this term3
Permissible values:Help on this term
ValueMeaning
ADFAustralian Defence Force
AHAAustralian Health Care Agreement
COMCompensable other
CORCorrectional facility
DETDetainee
EMVOther states Motor Vehicle Insurance Trust (MVIT)
FODForeign defence
INEIneligible
MBSMedicare Benefits Scheme Privately Referred Non-Inpatient Initiative (MBS PRNI)
OVSOverseas student
OVVOverseas visitor
PVTPrivate insured
RECReciprocal Health Care Agreement
SHIShipping
UNIPrivate uninsured
VETDepartment of Veterans' Affairs
WAMWestern Australian Motor Vehicle Insurance Trust (MVIT)
WCCWorkers Compensation
Supplementary values:Help on this term
ValueMeaning
NSPNot specified
OTHOther (including direct Commonwealth or State Government sourced funds)
UNKUnknown

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this termWA Health

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

This data item is a mandatory item for national reporting, using the data element:

Episode of care-source of funding, patient funding source code NN

 

Local codes are mapped to national codes for reporting purposes:

 

Local (NAPAAWL) codesNational codes
AHA Australian Health Care Agreement01 Health service budget (not covered elsewhere)
REC Reciprocal Health Care Agreement02 Health service budget (reciprocal)
VET Veterans' Affairs04 Department of Veterans' Affairs
ADF Australian Defence Force05 Department of Defence

COR Correctional facility

DET Detainee

06 Correctional facility
MBS Medicare Benefits Scheme (PRNI)07 Medicare Benefits Scheme
PVT Private Insured09 Private Health Insurance

SHI Shipping

WCC Workers' Compensation

10 Workers' Compensation

EMV Other states MVIT

WAM Western Australian MVIT

11 Motor vehicle third party personal claim
COM Compensable other12 Other compensation

UNI Private uninsured

13 Self-funded

FOD Foreign Defence

OVS Overseas student

OVV Overseas visitor

INE Ineligible

OTH Other

88 Other funding source

UNK Unknown

NSP Not stated/inadequately described

98 Not known

 

The local version has the synonymous name APP_PAY_CLASS_CODE.

The nationally reported version of this data item has the synonymous name FUNDING_SOURCE.

 

Comments:Help on this term

 

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes Appointment—principal source of funding, patient funding source code AAA
  • WA Health, Standard 19/03/2015
See also Episode of care—source of funding, patient funding source code NN
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
See also Episode of care—source of funding, patient funding source code NN
  • Health, Qualified 08/09/2023
See also Episode of care—source of funding, patient funding source code NN
  • Health, Superseded 25/01/2018
See also Episode of care—source of funding, patient funding source code NN
  • Health, Superseded 20/10/2021
See also Episode of care—source of funding, patient funding source code NN
  • Health, Superseded 07/03/2014
See also Episode of care—source of funding, patient funding source code NN
  • Health, Superseded 05/10/2016
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
All attributes +
WA Health Non-Admitted Patient Activity and Wait List Data Collection (NAPAAWL DC) 2014-15
WA Health, Standard 24/04/2015
DSS specific attributes +
DSS specific information:

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

  • Non-admitted patient DSS 2014-15
  • Non-admitted patient care hospital aggregate NMDS 2014-15
  • Non-admitted patient care Local Hospital Network aggregate DSS 2014-15

 It is reported nationally using the data element:

Episode of care-source of funding, patient funding source code NN


WA Health Non-Admitted Patient Activity and Wait List Data Collection (NAPAAWL DC) 2016-17
WA Health, Standard 30/05/2017
DSS specific attributes +
DSS specific information:

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

Non-admitted patient NBEDS 2016-17

Non-admitted patient care hospital aggregate NMDS 2016-17

Non-admitted patient care Local Hospital Network aggregate NBEDS 2016-17

 

It is reported nationally against the data element:

Episode of care-source of funding, patient funding source code N


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