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Cluster Ear nose and throat services patient cluster Mandatory 1 1 Discrete Indigenous community—Indigenous community name, text AA[A(38)] DSS specific information:
This data element records the name of the community, town camp or homeland where the service was provided.Mandatory 1 2 Discrete Indigenous community—identifier, AANNA DSS specific information:
This data element records the identifier of the community, town camp or homeland where the service was provided.Mandatory 1 3 Service event—date of service, DDMMYYYY Mandatory 1 4 Person (name)—given name, text X[X(39)] DSS specific information:
This data element has a maximum occurrence of 3. The first occurrence is reported for the patient, the second occurrence is for the Carer and the third occurrence is reported for the specialist.Mandatory 3 5 Person (name)—family name, text X[X(39)] DSS specific information:
This data element has a maximum occurrence of 3. The first occurrence is reported for the patient, the second occurrence is for the Carer and the third occurrence is reported for the specialist.Mandatory 3 6 Person—date of birth, DDMMYYYY Mandatory 1 7 Person—gender, code N Mandatory 1 8 Person—person identifier, XXXXXX[X(14)] DSS specific information:
This data element is used to record the Hospital Registration Number (HRN).
HRNs are allocated to people when they are born in Northern Territory public hospitals or when they first attend a Northern Territory public hospital to receive a service. It is a unique number that is not associated with a Medicare number. As at May 2013, the HRNs are either 6 or 7 digits long but there is capacity to increase to more digits as required.
A person's HRN does not change. It remains with them for the duration of their life.
Mandatory 1 9 Person—government funding identifier, Medicare card number N(11) Mandatory 1 2 Patient—post-operative check indicator, yes/no code N Mandatory 1 3 Patient—comment, text X[X(99)] DSS specific information:
This data element is for the health care professional to record general comments about a patient's treatment.Optional 1 4
Cluster Ear diagnosis cluster DSS specific information:
This data element has a maximum occurrence of 2. The first occurrence is reported for the right ear and the second occurrence is reported for the left ear.Mandatory 2 1 Patient—intact tympanic membrane indicator, yes/no code N DSS specific information:
This data element has a maximum occurrence of 2. The first occurrence is reported for the right ear and the second occurrence is reported for the left ear.Mandatory 2 2 Patient—intact tympanic membrane condition, code N Conditional obligation:
Conditional on a 'yes' response to Patient- intact tympanic membrane indicator.DSS specific information:
This data element has a maximum occurrence of 2. The first occurrence is reported for the right ear and the second occurrence is reported for the left ear.Conditional 2 3 Patient—tympanic membrane perforation location, code N Conditional obligation:
Conditional on a 'no' response to Patient- intact tympanic membrane indicator.DSS specific information:
This data element has a maximum occurrence of 2. The first occurrence is reported for the right ear and the second occurrence is reported for the left ear.Conditional 2 4 Patient—tympanic membrane perforation status, code N Conditional obligation:
Conditional on a 'no' response to Patient- intact tympanic membrane indicator.DSS specific information:
This data element has a maximum occurrence of 2. The first occurrence is reported for the right ear and the second occurrence is reported for the left ear.Conditional 2 5 Patient—tympanic membrane perforation wet condition, code N Conditional obligation:
Conditional on a 'wet' response to Patient-tympanic membrane perforation status data element.DSS specific information:
This data element has a maximum occurrence of 2. The first occurrence is reported for the right ear and the second occurrence is reported for the left ear.Conditional 2 6 Patient—tympanic membrane perforation dry condition, code N Conditional obligation:
Conditional on a 'dry' response to Patient-tympanic membrane perforation status data element.DSS specific information:
This data element has a maximum occurrence of 2. The first occurrence is reported for the right ear and the second occurrence is reported for the left ear.Conditional 2 7 Patient—tympanic membrane perforation size, code N Conditional obligation:
Conditional on a 'no' response to Patient- intact tympanic membrane indicator.DSS specific information:
This data element has a maximum occurrence of 2. The first occurrence is reported for the right ear and the second occurrence is reported for the left ear.Conditional 2 8 Patient—ear grommet indicator, yes/no code N DSS specific information:
This data element has a maximum occurrence of 2. The first occurrence is reported for the right ear and the second occurrence is reported for the left ear.Mandatory 2 9 Patient—ear grommet status, code N Conditional obligation:
Conditional on a 'yes' response to Patient- ear grommet indicator.DSS specific information:
This data element has a maximum occurrence of 2. The first occurrence is reported for the right ear and the second occurrence is reported for the left ear.Conditional 2 5
Cluster Presumptive diagnosis cluster DSS specific information:
This data element has a maximum occurrence of 2. The first occurrence is reported for the right ear and the second occurrence is reported for the left ear.Mandatory 2 1 Patient—presumptive diagnosis type, code N DSS specific information:
This data element has a maximum occurrence of 2. The first occurrence is reported for the right ear and the second occurrence is reported for the left ear.Mandatory 2 2 Patient—presumptive diagnosis type, text X[X(99)] Conditional obligation:
This data element is conditional on 'other' response being selected in presumptive diagnosis type.DSS specific information:
This data element has a maximum occurrence of 2. The first occurrence is reported for the right ear and the second occurrence is reported for the left ear.Conditional 2 3 Patient—teleotology review required indicator, yes/no code N Mandatory 1 4 Patient—ear nose and throat specialist face-to-face referral indicator, yes/no code N Mandatory 1 5 Patient—comment, text X[X(99)] DSS specific information:
This data element is for the health care professional to record comments relating to a presumptive diagnosis of a patient's condition.Optional 1 6
Cluster Actions recommended cluster DSS specific information:
This data element has a maximum occurrence of 2. The first occurrence is reported for the right ear and the second occurrence is reported for the left ear.Mandatory 2 1 Patient—medication recommended indicator, yes/no code N DSS specific information:
This data element has a maximum occurrence of 2. The first occurrence is reported for the right ear and the second occurrence is reported for the left ear.Mandatory 2 2 Patient—type of medication recommended, code N Conditional obligation:
This response is conditional on a 'yes' response to the data element Patient-medication recommended indicator.DSS specific information:
This data element has a maximum occurrence of 2. The first occurrence is reported for the right ear and the second occurrence is reported for the left ear.Conditional 2 3 Patient—type of medication recommended, text X[X(99)] Conditional obligation:
This response is conditional on 'Other' being reported in Patient-type of medication provided.DSS specific information:
This data element has a maximum occurrence of 2. The first occurrence is reported for the right ear and the second occurrence is reported for the left ear.Conditional 2 4 Patient—Central Australian Rural Practitioners Association Incorporated instructions indicator, yes/no code N DSS specific information:
This data element has a maximum occurrence of 2. The first occurrence is reported for the right ear and the second occurrence is reported for the left ear.Mandatory 2 5 Patient—comment, text X[X(99)] DSS specific information:
This response is where the health care professional records specific instructions relating to medicated actions recommended for a patient's condition.
This data element has a maximum occurrence of 2. The first occurrence is reported for the right ear and the second occurrence is reported for the left ear.
Optional 2 6 Patient—foreign body removal recommended indicator, yes/no code N DSS specific information:
This data element has a maximum occurrence of 2. The first occurrence is reported for the right ear and the second occurrence is reported for the left ear.Mandatory 2 7 Patient—aural toilet recommended indicator, yes/no code N DSS specific information:
This data element has a maximum occurrence of 2. The first occurrence is reported for the right ear and the second occurrence is reported for the left ear.Mandatory 2 8 Patient—other non-medicated actions recommended indicator, yes/no code N DSS specific information:
This data element has a maximum occurrence of 2. The first occurrence is reported for the right ear and the second occurrence is reported for the left ear.Mandatory 2 9 Patient—comment, text X[X(99)] DSS specific information:
This response is where the health care professional records specific instructions relating to non-medicated actions recommended for a patient's condition.
This data element has a maximum occurrence of 2. The first occurrence is reported for the right ear and the second occurrence is reported for the left ear.
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Cluster Follow-up required cluster Mandatory 1 1 Patient—primary health follow-up indicator, yes/no code N Mandatory 1 2 Patient—primary health course of action prior to review, code N Conditional obligation:
Conditional on a 'yes' response to Patient-primary health follow-up indicator data element.
Conditional 3 3 Patient—primary health follow-up interval, code N Conditional obligation:
Conditional on a 'yes' response to Patient - primary health follow-up indicator data element.Conditional 1 4 Patient—comment, text X[X(99)] DSS specific information:
This response is where the health care professional records comments relating to a patient's primary health follow-up. Optional 1 5 Patient—audiology follow-up indicator, yes/no code N Mandatory 1 6 Patient—audiology follow-up interval, code N Conditional obligation:
Conditional on 'yes' response to Patient-audiology follow-up indicator.Conditional 1 7 Patient—Australian Hearing aid indicator, yes/no code N DSS specific information:
This data element has a maximum occurrence of 2. The first occurrence is reported for the right ear and the second occurrence is reported for the left ear.Mandatory 2 8 Patient—type of Australian Hearing aid, code N Conditional obligation:
Conditional on a 'yes' response to Australian Hearing aids indicator data element.DSS specific information:
This data element has a maximum occurrence of 2. The first occurrence is reported for the right ear and the second occurrence is reported for the left ear.Conditional 2 9 Patient—Australian Hearing aid review indicator, code N Conditional obligation:
Conditional on a 'yes' response to the Australian Hearing aids indicator data element.DSS specific information:
This data element has a maximum occurrence of 2. The first occurrence is reported for the right ear and the second occurrence is reported for the left ear.Conditional 2 10 Patient—ear nose and throat review indicator, yes/no code N Mandatory 1 11 Patient—ear nose and throat review interval, code N Conditional obligation:
Conditional on a 'yes' response to Patient-ear nose and throat review indicator.Conditional 1 12 Patient—ear nose and throat specialist face-to-face referral indicator, yes/no code N Conditional obligation:
Conditional on a 'yes' response to Patient-ear nose and throat review indicator.Conditional 1 8
Cluster Surgery recommendations cluster Mandatory 1 1 Patient—ear nose and throat surgery recommended indicator, yes/no/too young for surgery code N Mandatory 1 2 Patient—ear nose and throat surgery type recommended, code N Conditional obligation:
Conditional on a 'yes' response to Patient-ear nose and throat surgery recommended indicator.DSS specific information:
This data element has a maximum occurrence of 2. The first occurrence is reported for the right ear and the second occurrence is reported for the left ear.Conditional 2 3 Patient—ear selection at operation, yes/no code N Mandatory 1 4 Patient—TWAIT completed indicator, yes/no code N Mandatory 1 5 Patient—comment, text X[X(99)] DSS specific information:
This response is where the health care professional records comments relating to the recommended surgery for a patient's condition.Optional 1 9 Patient—form signed indicator, yes/no code N Mandatory 1