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Episode of mental health care—episode start mode, code N

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termEpisode of mental health care start mode
METEOR identifier:Help on this term723150
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Superseded 23/12/2020
Definition:Help on this term

The mechanism by which a person begins an episode of mental health care, as represented by a code.

Data Element Concept:Episode of mental health care—episode start mode

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termCode
Data type:Help on this termNumber
Format:Help on this termN
Maximum character length:Help on this term1
Permissible values:Help on this term
ValueMeaning
1Start of a new episode of care/statistical admission
2Start of a new reference period
3Start of expected short concurrent residential stay (on leave from other residential mental health service)
Supplementary values:Help on this term
ValueMeaning
9Unknown/not stated/inadequately described

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

CODE 1   Start of a new episode of care/statistical admission

Refers to the formal start of an episode of care or the statistical start of an admitted patient episode of care.

CODE 2   Start of a new reference period

Refers to the statistical start of a residential or ambulatory mental health care episode necessary at the commencement of a reporting period (i.e. calendar or financial year).

CODE 3   Start of expected short concurrent residential stay (on leave from other residential mental health service)

Refers to the start of an expected short concurrent residential stay when a resident is on leave from the original residential mental health service with the intention of return. This code is only applicable for residential patients.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

Independent Hospital Pricing Authority

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Collection methods:Help on this term

For the purposes of activity based funding reporting, the values for this data element can be derived from existing data elements where they exist.

Admitted care: This data element can be derived from Episode of admitted patient care—admission mode, code N.

Residential care: This data element can be derived from Episode of residential care—episode start mode, code N.

Comments:Help on this term

Information on the mechanism by which a patient begins an episode of care assists in analyses of intersectoral patient flow and health care planning.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

Independent Hospital Pricing Authority

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
See also Episode of admitted patient care—admission mode, code N
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018
  • Commonwealth Department of Health, Recorded 16/07/2015
  • Health, Standard 01/03/2005
Has been superseded by Episode of mental health care—episode start mode, code N
  • Health, Standard 23/12/2020
Supersedes Episode of mental health care—episode start mode, code N
  • Health, Superseded 17/01/2020
See also Episode of residential care—episode start mode, code N
  • Health, Standard 16/01/2020
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
All attributes +

Activity based funding: Mental health care NBEDS 2020–21Health, Superseded 23/12/2020

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2020

Implementation end date: 30/06/2021


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