Person—level of psychiatric symptom severity, Children's Global Assessment Scale score code N[NN]

Implementation start date: 01/07/2017

Implementation end date: 30/06/2018

Conditional obligation:

Reporting of the CGAS at the start of the mental health phase of care is mandatory for patients in all settings.

Reporting of the CGAS is not mandatory if mental health phase of care is reported as Assessment Only.

The CGAS should only be reported for patients aged 17 years and under.

Implementation start date: 01/07/2018

Implementation end date: 30/06/2019

Conditional obligation:

Reporting of the CGAS at the start of the mental health phase of care is mandatory for patients in all settings.

Reporting of the CGAS is not mandatory if mental health phase of care is reported as Assessment Only.

The CGAS should only be reported for patients aged 17 years and under.

Implementation start date: 01/07/2019

Implementation end date: 30/06/2020

Conditional obligation:

Reporting of the CGAS at the start of the mental health phase of care is mandatory for patients in all settings.

Reporting of the CGAS is not mandatory if mental health phase of care is reported as Assessment Only.

The CGAS should only be reported for patients aged 17 years and under.

Implementation start date: 01/07/2020

Implementation end date: 30/06/2021

Conditional obligation:

Reporting of the CGAS at the start of the mental health phase of care is mandatory for patients in all settings.

Reporting of the CGAS is not mandatory if mental health phase of care is reported as Assessment Only.

The CGAS should only be reported for patients aged 17 years and under.

Implementation start date: 01/07/2021

Implementation end date: 30/06/2022

Conditional obligation:

Reporting of the CGAS at the start of the mental health phase of care is mandatory for patients in all settings.

Reporting of the CGAS is not mandatory if mental health phase of care is reported as Assessment Only.

The CGAS should only be reported for patients aged 17 years and under.

Implementation start date: 01/07/2022

Implementation end date: 30/06/2023

Conditional obligation:

Reporting of the CGAS at the start of the mental health phase of care is mandatory for patients in all settings.

Reporting of the CGAS is not mandatory if the response to Episode of care—clinical assessment only indicator, yes/no/not stated/inadequately described, code N is CODE 1 'Yes'.

The CGAS should only be reported for patients aged 17 years and under.

Implementation start date: 01/07/2023

Implementation end date: 30/06/2024

Conditional obligation:

In the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC) NBEDS this data element should be collected where:

Setting: inpatient, residential or ambulatory

Occasion: admission and review

Age group: child and adolescent

For more information on setting, occasion, or age groups, see the Mental Health National Outcomes and Casemix Collection, Technical specification of State and Territory reporting requirements https://docs.validator.com.au/nocc/02.10/ (Australian Mental Health Outcomes and Classifications Network, 2022)