Allied health service event—indicator for allied health intervention, text X[X(59)]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Indicator for allied health intervention |
| METEOR identifier: | 705867 |
| Registration status: | Health, Standard 12/12/2018 |
| Definition: | The patient specific reason for allied health intervention as determined by the allied health service provider for the allied health service event, represented by text. |
| Data Element Concept: | Allied health service event—indicator for allied health intervention |
| Value Domain: | Text X[X(59)] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
| Representation class: | Text | |
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| Data type: | String | |
| Format: | X[X(59)] | |
| Maximum character length: | 60 | |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Guide for use: | In the absence of nationally consistent code sets or values for recording indicators for interventions ‘free text’ is to be used. Indicators for allied health intervention may be recorded for all allied health service events performed by an allied health service provider within the professions identified in Allied health service event—provider profession, code AA[AAA] There may be some professions that do not record indicator for allied health intervention. Each allied health service event may record one or more reasons for intervention, up to a maximum of 99. |
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| Collection methods: | Each jurisdiction should implement a locally agreed code set for collection of the data element. This may be borrowed or adapted from another jurisdiction. Indicator for allied health intervention terms may be profession specific or shared amongst a number of professions. An allied health service provider may use a profession specific code set for this data element. |
| Comments: | Subsequent analysis of locally agreed values will contribute to developing national standardised values in the future. |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Allied Health Professions Australia |
Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | See also Allied health service event—clinical finding, text X[X(99)] Health, Standard 12/12/2018 |
| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Allied health admitted patient care NBPDS Health, Standard 12/12/2018 Allied health non-admitted patient emergency department NBPDS Health, Standard 12/12/2018 Allied health non-admitted patient NBPDS Health, Standard 12/12/2018 |