Mental health care phase code N
Value Domain Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Value Domain |
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METEOR identifier: | 745020 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 17/12/2021 Tasmanian Health, Standard 06/12/2023 |
Definition: | A code set describing the phases of mental health care. |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | The primary goal of care that is reflected in the patient's mental health treatment plan. It reflects a prospective assessment of the primary goal of care at the time of collection, rather than a retrospective assessment. CODE 1 Acute The primary goals of care are intended to reduce high levels of distress, manage complex symptoms, contain and reduce immediate risk. CODE 2 Functional gain The primary goal of care is to improve personal, social or occupational functioning or promote psychosocial adaptation in a patient with impairment arising from a psychiatric disorder. CODE 3 Intensive extended The primary goal of care is prevention or minimisation of further deterioration, and reduction of risk of harm in a patient who has a stable pattern of severe symptoms, frequent relapses or severe inability to function independently and is judged to require care over an indefinite period. CODE 4 Consolidating gain The primary goal of care is to maintain the level of functioning, or improving functioning during a period of recovery, minimise deterioration or prevent relapse where the patient has stabilised and functions relatively independently. Consolidating gain may also be known as maintenance. CODE 7 Not applicable The phase of mental health care is not applicable. CODE 9 Not stated/inadequately described This code is not for use in primary data collections. |
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Comments: | Previously reported CODE 5 (Assessment only) has been removed as a mental health phase of care and redefined as an administrative data item. This is captured in Episode of care—clinical assessment only indicator, yes/no/not stated/inadequately described, code N. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority |
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Reference documents: | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority 2016. Mental Health Phase of Care Guide. Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Sydney. Viewed 7 September 2016, https://www.ihpa.gov.au/publications/mental-health-phase-care-guide |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Mental health care phase code N Health, Superseded 17/12/2021 |
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Data elements implementing this value domain: | Episode of care—mental health phase of care, code N Health, Standard 17/12/2021 Tasmanian Health, Standard 06/12/2023 |