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| Reference: | Change Request 1183 |
| Version No: | 1.0 |
| Subject: | National Codes Update |
| Effective Date: | Immediate |
| Reason for Change: | Patch |
| Publication Date: | 16 August 2010 |
Background:
This patch updates the National Codes added in previous Preparatory Change Requests following Information Standards Board for health and social care appraisal comments. This supports the recommendation that “an” indicates that the format is a fixed length.
Summary of changes:
| Attribute Definitions | |
| EMPLOYMENT STATUS | Changed Description |
| INVESTIGATION EXAMINATION RESULT CODE | Changed Description |
| PERCEIVED DISABILITY CODE | Changed Description |
| REGISTERED DISABILITY CODE | Changed Description |
| SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEED TYPE | Changed Description |
| Date: | 16 August 2010 |
| Sponsor: | Richard Kavanagh, NHS Connecting for Health |
Note: New text is shown with a blue background. Deleted text is crossed out. Retired text is shown in grey. Within the Diagrams deleted classes and relationships are red, changed items are blue and new items are green.
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Change to Attribute: Changed Description
This item is being used for development purposes and has not yet been assured by the Information Standards Board for Health and Social Care.
EMPLOYMENT STATUS is the current EMPLOYMENT status of a PERSON.
National Codes:
| 01 | Employed |
| 02 | Unemployed and Seeking Work |
| 03 | Students who are undertaking full (at least 16 hours per week) or part-time (less than 16 hours per week) education or training and who are not working or actively seeking work |
| 04 | Long-term sick or disabled, those who are receiving Incapacity Benefit, Income Support or both; or Employment and Support Allowance |
| 05 | Homemaker looking after the family or home and who are not working or actively seeking work |
| 06 | Not receiving benefits and who are not working or actively seeking work |
| 07 | Unpaid voluntary work who are not working or actively seeking work |
| 08 | Retired |
| ZZ | Not Stated (PERSON asked but declined to provide a response) |
Change to Attribute: Changed Description
An outcome of a physical examination as part of a Clinical Investigation.
National Codes:
| 01 | Satisfactory |
| 02 | Problem Identified |
| 03 | Problem Suspected |
| NN | Not Examined |
Change to Attribute: Changed Description
The Perceived DISABILITY of a PERSON.
This indicates whether the PERSON considers themself to be disabled.
The PERSON can have more than one Perceived DISABILITY.
National Codes:
| 01 | Behaviour and Emotional |
| 02 | Hearing |
| 03 | Manual Dexterity |
| 04 | Memory or ability to concentrate, learn or understand (Learning Disability) |
| 05 | Mobility and Gross Motor |
| 06 | Perception of Physical Danger |
| 07 | Personal, Self Care and Continence |
| 08 | Progressive Conditions and Physical Health (such as HIV, cancer, multiple sclerosis, fits etc) |
| 09 | Sight |
| 10 | Speech |
| XX | Other |
| NN | No Perceived DISABILITY |
| ZZ | Not Stated (PERSON asked but declined to provide a response) |
Change to Attribute: Changed Description
This item is being used for development purposes and has not yet been assured by the Information Standards Board for Health and Social Care.
The Registered DISABILITY of a PERSON, as stated by a PERSON.
A PERSON can have more than one Registered DISABILITY.
National Codes:
| 01 | Behaviour and Emotional |
| 02 | Hearing |
| 03 | Manual Dexterity |
| 04 | Memory or ability to concentrate, learn or understand (Learning Disability) |
| 05 | Mobility and Gross Motor |
| 06 | Perception of Physical Danger |
| 07 | Personal, Self Care and Continence |
| 08 | Progressive Conditions and Physical Health (such as HIV, cancer, multiple sclerosis, fits etc) |
| 09 | Sight |
| 10 | Speech |
| XX | Other |
| NN | No Registered DISABILITY |
| ZZ | Not Stated (PERSON asked but declined to provide a response) |
Change to Attribute: Changed Description
This item is being used for development purposes and has not yet been assured by the Information Standards Board for Health and Social Care.
The type of Special Education Needs of a PERSON.
National Codes:
| 01 | Specific Learning Disability |
| 02 | Moderate Learning Difficulty |
| 03 | Severe Learning Difficulty |
| 04 | Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty |
| 05 | Emotional and Behavioural Difficulty |
| 06 | Speech and Communication Difficulty |
| 07 | Hearing Impairment |
| 08 | Visual Impairment |
| 09 | Multi-Sensory Impairment |
| 10 | Physical DISABILITY |
| 11 | Autistic Spectrum Disorder |
| 12 | Other Difficulty / DISABILITY |
| ZZ | Not Stated (PERSON asked but declined to provide a response) |
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