Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) prescription—specialty of prescriber, major specialty code NNNN
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Major specialty of prescriber |
| METEOR identifier: | 607130 |
| Registration status: | Commonwealth Department of Health, Retired 19/10/2023 |
| Definition: | The major field of specialty of the authorised health professional responsible for the writing and signing of a prescription for a medicinal product included in the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), as represented by a code. |
| Data Element Concept: | Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) prescription—specialty of prescriber |
| Value Domain: | Health professional major specialty code NNNN |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
| Representation class: | Code | |
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| Data type: | String | |
| Format: | NNNN | |
| Maximum character length: | 4 | |
| Value | Meaning | |
| Permissible values: | 0101 | General practitioner - Vocationally registered GP (VRGP) |
| 0102 | General practitioner - Non-vocationally registered GP (Non-VRGP) | |
| 0103 | General practitioner - GP trainee | |
| 0104 | General practitioner - GP unclassified | |
| 0201 | Specialist - internal medicine | |
| 0202 | Specialist - immunology and allergy | |
| 0203 | Specialist - cardiology | |
| 0204 | Specialist - haematology | |
| 0205 | Specialist - endocrinology | |
| 0206 | Specialist - gastroenterology and hepatology | |
| 0207 | Specialist - nephrology | |
| 0208 | Specialist - neurology | |
| 0209 | Specialist - nuclear medicine | |
| 0210 | Specialist - paediatric medicine | |
| 0211 | Specialist - rehabilitation medicine | |
| 0212 | Specialist - rheumatology | |
| 0213 | Specialist - respiratory and sleep medicine | |
| 0214 | Specialist - geriatric medicine | |
| 0215 | Specialist - medical oncology | |
| 0216 | Specialist - intensive care | |
| 0217 | Specialist - pathology | |
| 0218 | Specialist - surgery | |
| 0219 | Specialist - diagnostic radiology | |
| 0220 | Specialist - anaesthetics | |
| 0221 | Specialist - dermatology | |
| 0222 | Specialist - obstetrics and gynaecology | |
| 0223 | Specialist - ophthalmology | |
| 0224 | Specialist - ear, nose and throat (ENT) | |
| 0225 | Specialist - public health medicine | |
| 0226 | Specialist - oral and maxillofacial surgery | |
| 0227 | Specialist - palliative medicine | |
| 0228 | Specialist - occupational and environmental medicine | |
| 0229 | Specialist - infectious diseases | |
| 0230 | Specialist - clinical genetics | |
| 0231 | Specialist - psychiatry | |
| 0232 | Specialist - college trainee - physician | |
| 0233 | Specialist - sport and exercise medicine | |
| 0234 | Specialist - addiction medicine | |
| 0235 | Specialist - sexual health medicine | |
| 0236 | Specialist - maternal-foetal medicine | |
| 0237 | Specialist - reproductive endocrinology and infertility | |
| 0238 | Specialist - urogynaecology | |
| 0299 | Specialist - unclassified | |
| 0301 | Allied health - Aboriginal Health Worker | |
| 0302 | Allied health - allied mental health | |
| 0303 | Allied health - chiropractor | |
| 0304 | Allied health - dietician | |
| 0305 | Allied health - midwife | |
| 0306 | Allied health - nurse practitioner | |
| 0307 | Allied health - occupational therapist | |
| 0308 | Allied health - optometrist | |
| 0309 | Allied health - osteopath | |
| 0310 | Allied health - physiotherapist | |
| 0311 | Allied health - podiatrist | |
| 0312 | Allied health - speech pathologist | |
| 0313 | Allied health - audiologist | |
| 0314 | Allied health - social worker | |
| 0399 | Allied health - unclassified | |
| 0401 | Dental practitioner - oral surgery | |
| 0402 | Dental practitioner - registered | |
| 0403 | Dental practitioner - endodontist | |
| 0404 | Dental practitioner - orthodontist | |
| 0405 | Dental practitioner - periodontist | |
| 0406 | Dental practitioner - prosthetist | |
| 0407 | Dental practitioner - prosthodontist | |
| 0499 | Dental practitioner - unclassified | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Guide for use: | The first 2 characters of the code represent the broad group into which the health professional falls, i.e. either a General Practitioner (GP), Specialist, Allied health professional or Dental practitioner. Characters 3-4 of the code represent the health professional's major field of specialty. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Department of Health |
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Data element attributes | |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Department of Health |
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Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | |
| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) state/territory data extract 2013-14 Commonwealth Department of Health, Retired 19/10/2023 |