- | Statistical area level 2 (SA2) | String
[9]
| N(9)
A code set representing a medium-sized general purpose area aggregated from whole Statistical Area Level 1s (SA1s). | DSS specific information: For the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC) NMDS, this data element is collecting address information of the service provider. |
- | Healthcare collection occasion reason | String
[2]
| 1 | New referral | 2 | Transfer from other treatment setting | 3 | Admission - Other | 4 | 3-month (91 day) review | 5 | Review - Other | 6 | No further care | 7 | Transfer to other treatment setting | 8 | Death | 9 | Discharge - Other |
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- | Collection occasion identifier | String
[30]
| X[X(29)]
A combination of alphanumeric characters. | |
- | Collection occasion reference date | Date/Time
[8]
| DDMMYYYY
The day of a particular month and year. | DSS specific information: For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), this is the reference date for all data collected at any given collection occasion defined as the date on which the collection occasion (admission, review, or discharge) occurred. The collection occasion date should be distinguished from the actual date of completion of individual measures that are required at the specific occasion. In practice, the various measures may be completed by clinicians and consumers over several days. For national reporting and statistical purposes, a single date is required which ties all the standardised measures and other data items together in a single collection occasion. The actual collection dates of the individual data items and standard measures may be collected locally but is not required in the national reporting extract. For data collected at the beginning of an episode of mental health care, the collection occasion date is referred to as the admission date. For data collected at end of an episode of mental health care, the collection occasion date is referred to as the discharge date. For data collected at review during an ongoing episode of mental health care, the collection occasion date is referred to as the review date. A special requirement applies in the case of inpatient episodes to facilitate record matching with corresponding records collected under the Admitted patient care NMDS 2023–24. For admission to inpatient episodes, the collection occasion date should be the date of admission as recorded in the NMDS data set. For discharge from inpatient episodes, the collection occasion date should be the date of separation as recorded in the NMDS data set. |
- | Additional diagnosis | String
[6]
| ANN{.N[N]}
The ICD-10-AM (Twelfth edition) code set representing diagnoses. | Conditional obligation: This data element is only to be reported if the collection occasion results in more than one diagnosis code being allocated. |
- | Mental health legal status | Number
[1]
| 1 | Involuntary patient | 2 | Voluntary patient | 9 | Not reported/unknown |
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- | Principal diagnosis | String
[6]
| ANN{.N[N]}
The ICD-10-AM (Twelfth edition) code set representing diagnoses. | |
- | Episode service setting | String
[1]
| 1 | Psychiatric inpatient service | 2 | Community residential mental health service | 3 | Ambulatory mental health service |
| DSS specific information: For the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), this data element is intended to describe the setting in which care took place, regardless of the formal designation of that service unit type. It does not have to correspond to the service unit type (Specialised mental health service organisation—service delivery setting, code N) data element reported on the collection occasion record. The service unit type item is an attribute of the service unit, and this data element is an attribute of the episode of mental health care. |
- | Australian state/territory identifier (establishment) | Number
[1]
| 1 | New South Wales | 2 | Victoria | 3 | Queensland | 4 | South Australia | 5 | Western Australia | 6 | Tasmania | 7 | Northern Territory | 8 | Australian Capital Territory | 9 | Other territories (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Jervis Bay Territory) |
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- | Region code | String
[2]
| X[X] A combination of alphanumeric characters that identify an entity. | |
- | Region name | String
[60]
| XXX[X(57)] A combination of alphanumeric characters. | |
- | Establishment sector | Number
[1]
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- | Service unit cluster identifier | String
[5]
| XXXXX A combination of numeric and/or alphabetic characters that identify an entity. | Conditional obligation: For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), this data element applies when the service provision setting is Ambulatory mental health care service or Residential mental health care service. Data must be collected for either this data element or Hospital—hospital identifier, XXXXX. DSS specific information: For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), for admitted patient service units, the hospital cluster identifier should be identical to that used to identify the hospital to which the service unit belongs. For ambulatory and residential services units, where there is no service unit cluster, the hospital cluster identifier is to be reported as "00000" and the hospital cluster name would use the relevant organisation name. |
- | Service unit cluster name | String
[100]
| XXX[X(97)] A combination of alphanumeric characters. | Conditional obligation: For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), this data element applies when the service provision setting is Ambulatory mental health care service or Residential mental health care service. Data must be collected for either this data element or Hospital—hospital name, text XXX[X(97)]. DSS specific information: For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), this data element collects the common name used to identify the service unit. For admitted patient service units, the hospital cluster name should be identical to that used to identify the hospital to which the service unit belongs. For ambulatory and residential services units, where there is no service unit cluster, the hospital cluster name would use the relevant organisation name. |
- | Hospital identifier | String
[5]
| XXXXX A combination of numeric and/or alphabetic characters that identify an entity. | Conditional obligation: For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), this data element applies when the service provision setting is Admitted patient mental health care service. Data must be collected for either this data element or Establishment—service unit cluster identifier, XXXXX. DSS specific information: For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), for admitted patient service units, the hospital cluster identifier should be identical to that used to identify the hospital to which the service unit belongs. For ambulatory and residential services units, where there is no service unit cluster, the hospital identifier is to be reported as "00000" and the hospital cluster would use the relevant organisation name. |
- | Hospital name | String
[100]
| XXX[X(97)] A combination of alphanumeric characters. | Conditional obligation: For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), this data element applies when the service provision setting is Admitted patient mental health care service. Data must be collected for either this data element or Establishment—service unit cluster name, text XXX[X(97)]. DSS specific information: For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), this data element collects the common name used to identify the service unit. For admitted patient service units, the hospital cluster name should be identical to that used to identify the hospital to which the service unit belongs. For ambulatory and residential services units, where there is no service unit cluster, the hospital cluster name would use the relevant organisation name. |
- | Age range group | String
[1]
| 1 | Child or adolescent (0-17 years) | 2 | Adult (18 to 64 years) | 3 | Older person (65+ years) |
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- | Area of usual residence (SA2) | String
[9]
| N(9)
A code set representing a medium-sized general purpose area aggregated from whole Statistical Area Level 1s (SA1s). | |
- | Country of birth | Number
[4]
| NNNN
The Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC 2016) code set representing a country. | |
- | Date of birth | Date/Time
[8]
| DDMMYYYY
The day of a particular month and year. | |
- | Indigenous status | Number
[1]
| 1 | Aboriginal but not Torres Strait Islander origin | 2 | Torres Strait Islander but not Aboriginal origin | 3 | Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin | 4 | Neither Aboriginal nor Torres Strait Islander origin | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Person identifier | String
[20]
| XXXXXX[X(14)]
A logical combination of valid alphanumeric characters that identify an entity. | |
- | Sex of a person | String
[1]
| 1 | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | Another term | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Organisation identifier | String
[4]
| XXXX A combination of numeric and/or alphabetic characters that identify an entity. | DSS specific information: For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), this organisation identifier should map to the identifiers used in data reported for the Mental health establishments NMDS 2023–24. |
- | Specialised mental health service organisation name | String
[100]
| XXX[X(97)] A combination of alphanumeric characters. | DSS specific information: For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), this organisation name should map to the identifiers used in data reported for the Mental health establishments NMDS 2023–24. |
- | Specialised mental health service delivery setting | Number
[1]
| 1 | Admitted patient care setting | 2 | Residential care setting | 3 | Ambulatory care setting | 4 | Organisational overhead setting |
| DSS specific information: For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), this data element describes the service setting in which care is most typically provided by the service unit. It does not have to correspond to the episode of service setting (Episode of mental health care—service delivery setting, specialised mental health service setting code N) data element reported on the collection occasion record. The service unit type item is an attribute of the service unit, and the episode of service setting data element is an attribute of the episode of mental health care. |
- | Specialised mental health service program type | Number
[1]
| | Conditional obligation: For the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), complete where service delivery setting (Specialised mental health service organisation—service delivery setting, code N (aihw.gov.au)) is CODE 1 "admitted patient stay". DSS specific information: For the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), additional supplementary values are available for use: 8: Not applicable 9: Not available |
- | Admitted patient mental health service unit identifier | String
[6]
| XXXXXX A combination of numeric and/or alphabetic characters that identify a service unit. | Conditional obligation: For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), this data element applies when the service provision setting is Admitted patient mental health care service. Data must be collected for either this data element or one of Specialised mental health service—ambulatory service unit identifier, XXXXXX or Specialised mental health service—residential service unit identifier, XXXXXX. DSS specific information: For the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), admitted patient service units should be differentiated by target population (general, older persons, child and adolescent, youth, and forensic) and program type (acute vs other). For example, if a hospital had separate wards for child and adolescent and general adult populations, these should be reported as separate service units. Similarly, if the hospital provided separate wards for older persons acute and older person other program types, this would require separate service units to be identified (that is, defined by the program type as well as the target population). The overarching principle is that the same service unit identification policy must be applied to the admitted patient service units data reported under the NOCC and the Mental health establishments NMDS 2023–24. States and territories should ensure that the service unit identifiers are unique across all service unit types (i.e., admitted patient, ambulatory care, residential care services). Identifiers used to supply data to NOCC in respect of a particular service unit should be stable over time - that is, unless there has been a significant change to the unit, the same identifier should be used from year to year of reporting. The service unit identifier is reported at each collection occasion.
Ideally, where a mental health service provides mixed service types (e.g., overnight inpatient care as well as ambulatory care), each component will be defined as a separate service unit and assigned a unique service unit identifier.
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- | Admitted patient mental health service unit name | String
[100]
| XXX[X(97)] A combination of alphanumeric characters. | Conditional obligation: For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), this data element applies when the service provision setting is admitted patient mental health care service. Data must be collected for either this data element or one of Specialised mental health service—ambulatory service unit name, text XXX[X(97)] or Specialised mental health service—residential service unit name, text XXX[X(97)]. DSS specific information: For the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), admitted patient service units should be differentiated by target population (general, older persons, child and adolescent, youth, and forensic) and program type (acute vs other). For example, if a hospital had separate wards for child and adolescent and general adult populations, these should be reported as separate service units. Similarly, if the hospital provided separate wards for older persons acute and older person other program types, this would require separate service units to be identified (i.e., defined by the program type as well as the target population). The overarching principle is that the same service unit identification policy must be applied to the admitted patient service units' data reported under reported under the NOCC and the Mental health establishments NMDS 2023–24. The service unit name is reported at each collection occasion. Ideally, where a mental health service provides mixed service types (e.g., overnight inpatient care as well as ambulatory care), each component will be defined as a separate service unit. |
- | Ambulatory mental health service unit identifier | String
[6]
| XXXXXX A combination of numeric and/or alphabetic characters that identify a service unit. | Conditional obligation: For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), this data element applies when the service provision setting is Ambulatory mental health care service. Data must be collected for either this data element or one of Specialised mental health service—admitted patient service unit identifier, XXXXXX or Specialised mental health service—residential service unit identifier, XXXXXX. DSS specific information: For the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), ambulatory service units should be differentiated by target population (general, older persons, child and adolescent, youth, and forensic). Where an organisation provides multiple teams serving the same target population, these may be grouped and reported as a single service unit or identified as individual service unit in their own right. Where possible, it is also desirable that residential service units identified in NOCC data correspond directly on a one-to-one basis to those reported in the Community mental health care NMDS 2023–24. States and territories should ensure that the service unit identifiers are unique across all service unit types (i.e., admitted patient, ambulatory care, residential care services). Identifiers used to supply data to NOCC in respect of a particular service unit should be stable over time - that is, unless there has been a significant change to the unit, the same identifier should be used from year to year of reporting.
The service unit identifier is reported at each collection occasion.
Ideally, where a mental health service provides mixed service types (e.g., overnight inpatient care as well as ambulatory care), each component will be defined as a separate service unit and assigned a unique service unit identifier. |
- | Ambulatory mental health service unit name | String
[100]
| XXX[X(97)] A combination of alphanumeric characters. | Conditional obligation: For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), this data element applies when the service provision setting is Ambulatory mental health care service. Data must be collected for either this data element or one of Specialised mental health service—admitted patient service unit name, text XXX[X(97)] or Specialised mental health service—residential service unit name, text XXX[X(97)]. DSS specific information: For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), ambulatory service units should be differentiated by target population (general, older persons, child and adolescent, youth, and forensic). Where an organisation provides multiple teams serving the same target population, these may be grouped and reported as a single service unit or identified as individual service units in their own right. Where possible, it is also desirable that residential service units identified in NOCC data correspond directly on a one-to-one basis to those reported in the Community mental health care NMDS 2023–24. |
- | Co-location status of mental health service | Number
[1]
| 1 | Co-located | 2 | Not co-located |
| DSS specific information: For the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), additional supplementary values are available for use: 8: Not applicable |
- | Residential mental health service unit identifier | String
[6]
| XXXXXX A combination of numeric and/or alphabetic characters that identify a service unit. | Conditional obligation: For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), this data element applies when the service provision setting is Residential mental health care service. Data must be collected for either this data element or one of Specialised mental health service—admitted patient service unit identifier, XXXXXX or Specialised mental health service—ambulatory service unit identifier, XXXXXX. DSS specific information: For the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), residential service units should be differentiated by target population (general, older persons, child and adolescent, youth, and forensic). Where possible, it is also desirable that residential service units identified in NOCC data correspond directly on a one-to-one basis to those reported in the Residential mental health care NMDS 2023–24. States and territories should ensure that the service unit identifiers are unique across all service unit types (i.e., admitted patient, ambulatory care, residential care services). Identifiers used to supply data to NOCC in respect of a particular service unit should be stable over time - that is, unless there has been a significant change to the unit, the same identifier should be used from year to year of reporting. The service unit identifier is reported at each collection occasion. Ideally, where a mental health service provides mixed service types (e.g., overnight inpatient care as well as ambulatory care), each component will be defined as a separate service unit and assigned a unique service unit identifier. |
- | Residential mental health service unit name | String
[100]
| XXX[X(97)] A combination of alphanumeric characters. | Conditional obligation: For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), this data element applies when the service provision setting is Residential mental health care service. Data must be collected for either this data element or one of Specialised mental health service—admitted patient service unit name, text XXX[X(97)] or Specialised mental health service—ambulatory service unit name, text XXX[X(97)]. DSS specific information: For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), residential service units should be differentiated by target population (general, older persons, child and adolescent, youth, and forensic). Where possible, it is also desirable that residential service units identified in NOCC data correspond directly on a one-to-one basis to those reported in the Residential mental health care NMDS 2023–24. |
- | Specialised mental health service target population | Number
[1]
| 1 | Child and adolescent | 2 | Older person | 3 | Forensic | 4 | General | 5 | Youth | 7 | Not applicable | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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