Appointment—care type, code AAA
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Appointment care type code |
| Synonymous names: | APP_CARE_TYPE_CODE; CARE_TYPE |
| METEOR identifier: | 606288 |
| Registration status: | WA Health, Standard 01/06/2017 |
| 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: | Care type code AAA |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
| Representation class: | Code | |
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| Data type: | String | |
| Format: | AAA | |
| Maximum character length: | 3 | |
| Value | Meaning | |
| Permissible values: | GER | Geriatric evaluation and management |
| PAL | Palliative | |
| PSY | Psychogeriatric | |
| REH | Rehabilitation | |
| Supplementary values: | NSP | Not specified |
| OTH | Other | |
| UNK | Unknown | |
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Collection and usage attributes | |||||||
| Guide for use: | This data item is a mandatory item for national reporting against the data element: Non-admitted patient service event-care type, (derived) code N
Local codes are mapped to national codes for reporting purposes.
The local version of care type has the synonymous name APP_CARE_TYPE_CODE. The nationally reported version has the synonymous name CARE_TYPE. | ||||||
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| Related metadata references: | Supersedes Appointment—care type, code AAA WA Health, Standard 19/03/2015 Supersedes Appointment—care type, code AAA WA Health, Standard 24/04/2015 See also Non-admitted patient service event—care type, (derived) code N Health, Superseded 05/10/2016 | ||||||
| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | WA Health Non-Admitted Patient Activity and Wait List Data Collection (NAPAAWL DC) 2016-17 WA Health, Standard 30/05/2017 | ||||||