Episode of care—clinical assessment only indicator, yes/no/not stated/inadequately described, code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Assessment only indicator |
| METEOR identifier: | 745689 |
| Registration status: | Health, Standard 17/12/2021 |
| Definition: | An indicator of whether an episode of care resulted in a consumer undergoing a clinical assessment only, as represented by a code. |
| Value Domain: | Yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
| Representation class: | Code | |
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| Data type: | Number | |
| Format: | N | |
| Maximum character length: | 1 | |
| Value | Meaning | |
| Permissible values: | 1 | Yes |
| 2 | No | |
| Supplementary values: | 97 | Not applicable |
| 98 | Unknown/unable to be determined | |
| 99 | Not stated/inadequately described | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Guide for use: | CODE 97 Not applicable CODE 98 Unknown/unable to be determined CODE 99 Not stated/inadequately described This code is not for use in primary data collections. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Guide for use: | CODE 1 Yes The goal is to obtain information within the episode of care, including collateral information where possible, in order to determine the consumer complexity and need for intervention. This code indicates that assessment only has been assigned for a consumer exiting from mental health services, where following assessment no services were provided and no mental health phase of care has been assigned. CODE 2 No This code indicates the provision of care to a consumer following assessment and the assignment of an appropriate mental health phase of care. This is defined by the Episode of care—mental health phase of care, code N. |
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| Collection methods: | For the purposes of activity based funding reporting, this data item can be derived. Assessment only is considered a time limited activity. |
| Comments: | Assessment only has been redefined from a mental health phase of care to an administrative data item to allow for greater flexibility in capturing assessment activity. |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Reference documents: | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority 2016. Mental Health Phase of Care Guide. Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Sydney. Viewed 2 July 2021, https://www.ihpa.gov.au/publications/mental-health-phase-care-guide |
Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | See also Episode of care—mental health phase of care, code N Health, Standard 17/12/2021 |
| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Activity based funding: Mental health care NBEDS 2022–23 Health, Superseded 20/12/2022 Activity based funding: Mental health care NBEDS 2023–24 Health, Standard 20/12/2022 Activity based funding: Mental health care NBEDS 2024–25 Health, Qualified 08/09/2023 |