A Care Plan Agreed Date is an ACTIVITY DATE TIME.

A Care Plan Agreed Date is the date on which the CARE PLAN was agreed by a PATIENT or Patient Proxy.

A Care Plan Agreed Time is an ACTIVITY DATE TIME.

A Care Plan Agreed Time is the time on which the CARE PLAN was agreed by a PATIENT or Patient Proxy.

This item is being used for development purposes and has not yet been approved.

This supporting information is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	Care Plan Content Agreed Dates

This item is being used for development purposes and has not yet been approved.

This supporting information is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	Care Plan Content Agreed Times

This item is being used for development purposes and has not yet been approved.

This supporting information is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
shortname	Chat Rooms
alsoknownas	Chat Room
plural	Chat Rooms (Synchronous)

This item is being used for development purposes and has not yet been approved.

This supporting information is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
shortname	Message Board
alsoknownas	Internet Forum
plural	Message Boards (Asynchronous)

This item is being used for development purposes and has not yet been approved.

This supporting information is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	Video Consultations

An indication of the type of accommodation that a PATIENT currently has. This should be based on the PATIENT's main or permanent residence.

Notes:

• ORGANISATIONS may choose to collect the ACCOMMODATION STATUS CODE codes at the high level (National Codes ending in "0") or at the more detailed level below each high-level code.
• The following National Codes have been introduced to add further granularity to National Code CJ03 'Young Offender Institution'. However, National Code CJ03 is still valid where extra detail cannot be collected:
  • CJ05 'Young Offender Institution (15-17)'
  • CJ06 'Young Offender Institution (18-21)'.

National Codes:

This item is being used for development purposes and has not yet been approved.

This attribute is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	ACCOMMODATION TYPES

Data Elements:

An ACTIVITY may have many dates associated with it but may only have one date of a particular type.

National Codes:

An ACTIVITY may have many times associated with it but may only have one time of a particular type.

National Codes:

The method of admission to a Hospital Provider Spell.

Note: see ELECTIVE ADMISSION TYPE for a full definition of Elective Admission.

Notes:

• The following National Codes have been introduced to replace National Code 28 'Other means'. National Code 28 will be retired in the next version of the Commissioning Data Set:
  • 2A 'Emergency Care Department of another provider where the PATIENT had not been admitted'
  • 2B 'Emergency Admission: Transfer of an admitted PATIENT from another Hospital Provider in an emergency'
  • 2C 'Emergency Admission: Baby born at home as intended'
  • 2D 'Emergency Admission: Other emergency admission'
• The following National Codes are not valid for use in the Mental Health Services Data Set:
  • 2C 'Emergency Admission: Baby born at home as intended'
  • 28 'Emergency Admission: Other means'
  • 31 'Maternity Admission: Admitted ante partum'
  • 32 'Maternity Admission: Admitted post partum'
  • 82 'Other Admission: The birth of a baby in this Health Care Provider'
  • 83 'Other Admission: Baby born outside the Health Care Provider except when born at home as intended'
• National Code descriptions have been updated to remove National Code headings and add prefixes. The Data Set specifications that contain this item will be updated in the next version of the Information Standard where it is not already correct.
  • The explanation of the National Code description prefixes are:
    • Elective Admission: when the DECISION TO ADMIT could be separated in time from the actual admission. Note that this does not include a transfer from another Hospital Provider (see National Code 81 below)
    • Emergency Admission: when admission is unpredictable and at short notice because of clinical need
    • Maternity Admission: of a pregnant or recently pregnant woman to a maternity WARD (including Delivery facilities) except when the intention is to terminate the pregnancy
    • Other Admission: not specified above
• The following National Codes have been updated in DCB0092-2062: Commissioning Data Sets: Emergency Care Data Set. The Data Set specifications that contain these items will be updated in the next version of the Information Standard where it is not already correct:
  • 21 'Emergency Admission: Emergency Care Department or dental casualty department of the Health Care Provider' 
  • 2A 'Emergency Admission: Emergency Care Department of another provider where the PATIENT had not been admitted'
  • 28 'Emergency Admission: Other means'.

National Codes:

This item is being used for development purposes and has not yet been approved.

This attribute is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	ADMISSION SOURCES

Data Elements:

The type of PERSON, SERVICE or ORGANISATION that agreed the CARE PLAN for the PATIENT.

National Codes:

This item is being used for development purposes and has not yet been approved.

This attribute is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	CARE PLANS CONTENT AGREED BY

Data Elements:

This item is being used for development purposes and has not yet been approved.

This attribute is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	CONSULTATION MECHANISMS

Data Elements:

CONSULTATION MEDIUM USED identifies the communication mechanism used to relay information between the CARE PROFESSIONAL and the PERSON who is the subject of the consultation, during a CARE ACTIVITY.

A non-face to face consultation should directly support diagnosis and care planning and must replace a face to face Out-Patient Attendance Consultant, Clinic Attendance Nurse or Clinic Attendance Midwife, types of CARE ACTIVITY.

A record of the consultation must be retained in the PATIENT's records.

Telephone contacts solely for informing PATIENTS of results are excluded.

Notes:

• National Code 03 'Telemedicine' has been updated in Data Dictionary Change Notice 1734 "Consultation Medium Used Update". The Data Set specifications that contain this item will be updated in the next version of the Information Standard where it is not already correct.
• National Code 05 'Email' is not valid for Commissioning Data Set version 6-2
• National Code 06 'Short Message Service (SMS) - Text Messaging' is not valid for Commissioning Data Set version 6-2 and the HIV and AIDS Reporting Data Set
• National Code 07 'On-line Triage' is only used for the GUMCAD Sexually Transmitted Infection Surveillance System Data Set
• National Code 08 'Online Instant Messaging' is only valid for the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Data Set
• National Code 98 'Other (not listed)' is only used in the Community Services Data Set, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Data Set, Maternity Services Data Set, Mental Health Services Data Set and Sexual and Reproductive Health Activity Data Set.

National Codes:

This item is being used for development purposes and has not yet been approved.

This attribute is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	DESTINATIONS OF DISCHARGE

Data Elements:

The destination of a PATIENT on completion of a Hospital Provider Spell, or a note that the PATIENT died or was a stillbirth.

National Codes:

The method of discharge from a Hospital Provider Spell.

Note:

• National Code 5 'Stillbirth' is not valid for the Mental Health Services Data Set
• The following National Codes have been introduced for the Mental Health Services Data Set only to add further granularity to National Code 2 'PATIENT discharged him/herself or was discharged by a relative or advocate'. However, National Code 2 is still valid for the Mental Health Services Data Set where extra detail cannot be collected:
  • 6 'PATIENT discharged him/herself'
  • 7 'PATIENT discharged by a relative or advocate'.

National Codes:

This item is being used for development purposes and has not yet been approved.

This attribute is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	METHODS OF ADMISSION

Data Elements:

This item is being used for development purposes and has not yet been approved.

This attribute is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	METHODS OF DISCHARGE

Data Elements:

The source of admission to a Hospital Provider Spell or a Nursing Episode when the PATIENT is in a Hospital Site or a Care Home.

National Code 51 'NHS other hospital provider - WARD for general PATIENTS or the younger physically disabled or Emergency Care Department' should not be used if the PATIENT arrives at an Emergency Care Department and is admitted to the same Hospital Provider.

Notes:

• The following National Codes have been introduced for the Mental Health Services Data Set only to add further granularity to National Code 39 'Penal establishment, Court, or Police Station / Police Custody Suite'. However, National Code 39 is still valid for the Mental Health Services Data Set where extra detail cannot be collected:
  • 40 'Penal establishment'
  • 41 'Court'
  • 42 'Police Station / Police Custody Suite'
• National Code 79 'Babies born in or on the way to hospital' is not valid for the Mental Health Services Data Set
• National Code 51 'NHS other Hospital Provider - WARD for general PATIENTS or the younger physically disabled or Emergency Care Department' has been updated in DCB0092-2062: Commissioning Data Sets: Emergency Care Data Set. The Data Set specifications that contain this item will be updated in the next version of the Information Standard where it is not already correct.

National Codes:

For specific National Code usage, see ACCOMMODATION STATUS CODE.

ACCOMMODATION STATUS RECORDED DATE is the date when the ACCOMMODATION STATUS CODE was recorded.

This item is being used for development purposes and has not yet been approved.

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	ACCOMMODATION TYPES

Attribute:

This item is being used for development purposes and has not yet been approved.

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	ACCOMMODATION TYPE RECORDED DATES

Attribute:

ADMISSION METHOD CODE (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL) is used by the Secondary Uses Service to derive the Healthcare Resource Group 4. Failure to correctly populate this data element is likely to result in an incorrect Healthcare Resource Group, usually associated with lower levels of healthcare resource.

For further information, please refer to the NHS Digital website at: Payment by Results Guidance.

For specific National Code usage in different data sets, see ADMISSION METHOD.

Note: the Default Code description for 99 - Not known has been updated. The Data Set specifications that contain this item will be updated in the next version of the Information Standard where it is not already correct. 

ADMISSION METHOD CODE (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL) will be replaced with METHOD OF ADMISSION (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL), which is the most recent approved national information standard to describe the required definition.

This item is being used for development purposes and has not yet been approved.

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	ADMISSION SOURCES (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL)

Attribute:

This item is being used for development purposes and has not yet been approved.

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	ADMISSION SOURCES (MENTAL HEALTH HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL)

Attribute:

CARE PLAN AGREED TIME will be replaced with CARE PLAN CONTENT AGREED TIME, which is the most recent approved national information standard to describe the required definition.

This item is being used for development purposes and has not yet been approved.

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	CARE PLANS CONTENT AGREED BY

Attribute:

This item is being used for development purposes and has not yet been approved.

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	CARE PLAN CONTENT AGREED DATES

Attribute:

This item is being used for development purposes and has not yet been approved.

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	CARE PLAN CONTENT AGREED TIMES

Attribute:

This item is being used for development purposes and has not yet been approved.

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	CONSULTATION MECHANISMS (MENTAL HEALTH)

Attribute:

This item is being used for development purposes and has not yet been approved.

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	DESTINATIONS OF DISCHARGE (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL)

Attribute:

DISCHARGE DESTINATION CODE (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL) is used by the Secondary Uses Service to derive the Healthcare Resource Group 4. Failure to correctly populate this data element is likely to result in an incorrect Healthcare Resource Group, usually associated with lower levels of healthcare resource.

For further information, please refer to the NHS Digital website at: Payment by Results Guidance.

This item is being used for development purposes and has not yet been approved.

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	METHODS OF ADMISSION (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL)

Attribute:

This item is being used for development purposes and has not yet been approved.

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	METHODS OF ADMISSION (MENTAL HEALTH HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL)

Attribute:

This item is being used for development purposes and has not yet been approved.

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	METHODS OF DISCHARGE (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL)

Attribute:

This item is being used for development purposes and has not yet been approved.

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	METHOD OF DISCHARGES (MENTAL HEALTH HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL)

Attribute:

OVERSEAS VISITOR CHARGING CATEGORY APPLICABLE DATE is the date when the OVERSEAS VISITOR CHARGING CATEGORY was applicable from.

For the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Data Set, Maternity Services Data Set and Mental Health Services Data Set, if the applicable date is not available, OVERSEAS VISITOR CHARGING CATEGORY APPLICABLE DATE should be the date the OVERSEAS VISITOR CHARGING CATEGORY was recorded. 

OVERSEAS VISITOR CHARGING CATEGORY APPLICABLE DATE will be replaced with OVERSEAS VISITOR CHARGING CATEGORY APPLICABLE FROM DATE, which is the most recent approved national information standard to describe the required definition.

This item is being used for development purposes and has not yet been approved.

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	OVERSEAS VISITOR CHARGING CATEGORY APPLICABLE END DATES

Attribute:

This item is being used for development purposes and has not yet been approved.

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	OVERSEAS VISITOR CHARGING CATEGORY APPLICABLE FROM DATES

Attribute:

This item is being used for development purposes and has not yet been approved.

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	PLANNED DESTINATIONS OF DISCHARGE (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL)

Attribute:

PLANNED DISCHARGE DESTINATION CODE (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL) is the planned destination of a PATIENT on completion of a Hospital Provider Spell.