Service event—number of radiotherapy fields for radiotherapy items, total number N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Number of radiotherapy fields for radiotherapy items |
METEOR identifier: | 608948 |
Registration status: | Commonwealth Department of Health, Retired 19/10/2023 |
Definition: | The total number of radiotherapy fields irradiated during the service event. |
Data Element Concept: | Service event—number of radiotherapy fields for radiotherapy items |
Value Domain: | Total number N |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Count | |
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Data type: | Number | |
Format: | N | |
Maximum character length: | 1 |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Department of Health |
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Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | For items in MBS Group T02 (Radiation oncology). This data item has a major quality problem in data capture and how Medicare adjustment records are processed. The MBS schedule fee for the relevant items is based on the number of fields used in treatment and is therefore a more accurate reflection of the number of fields used. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Department of Health |
Relational attributes | |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) state/territory data extract 2013-14 Commonwealth Department of Health, Retired 19/10/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2013 Implementation end date: 30/06/2014 Conditional obligation: This item will be reported if Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) item identifier is:
DSS specific information: Variable name = RTFIELDS |
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