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Mental health service contact—service contact date, DDMMYYYY

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termMental health service contact date
METEOR identifier:Help on this term737299
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Standard 20/01/2021
Definition:Help on this term

The date of each mental health service contact between a health service provider and patient/client, expressed as DDMMYYYY.

Data Element Concept:Mental health service contact—service contact date

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termDate
Data type:Help on this termDate/Time
Format:Help on this termDDMMYYYY
Maximum character length:Help on this term8

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Collection methods:Help on this term

Requires services to record the date of each service contact, including the same date where multiple visits are made on one day (except where the visits may be regarded as a continuation of the one service contact). Where an individual patient/client participates in a group activity, a service contact date is recorded if the person's participation in the group activity results in a dated entry being made in the patient's/client's record.

For collection from community based (ambulatory and non-residential) agencies.

Comments:Help on this term

The service contact is required for clinical audit and other quality assurance purposes.

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes Mental health service contact—service contact date, DDMMYYYY
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018
  • Health, Superseded 20/01/2021
See also Service contact—service date, DDMMYYYY
  • Health, Superseded 17/12/2021
See also Service contact—service date, DDMMYYYY
  • Health, Standard 17/12/2021
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
All attributes +

Community mental health care NMDS 2021–22Health, Superseded 17/12/2021

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2021

Implementation end date: 30/06/2022


Community mental health care NMDS 2022–23Health, Standard 17/12/2021

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2022

Implementation end date: 30/06/2023


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