Attribute: CRITICAL CARE UNIT FUNCTION

CRITICAL CARE UNIT FUNCTION

The principal type of Critical Care clinical service provided within the WARD to which a PATIENT was admitted during a CRITICAL CARE PERIOD.

Note:

National Code descriptions have been updated to remove National Code headings and add prefixes where required. 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.
Facilities are described by the category of PATIENT predominantly treated, as follows:
- Adult Facilities (PATIENTS more than 19 years old on admission predominate)
- Children and Young People Facilities (PATIENTS aged greater than or equal to 29 days to less than 19 years predominate)
- Neonatal Facilities (PATIENTS aged less than 29 days on admission predominate)
- Other settings

National Codes:

01	Non-specific, general adult critical care PATIENTS predominate
02	Surgical adult PATIENTS (unspecified specialty)
03	Medical adult PATIENTS (unspecified specialty)
05	Neurosciences adult PATIENTS predominate
06	Cardiac surgical adult PATIENTS predominate
07	Thoracic surgical adult PATIENTS predominate
08	Burns and plastic surgery adult PATIENTS predominate
09	Spinal adult PATIENTS predominate
10	Renal adult PATIENTS predominate
11	Liver adult PATIENTS predominate
12	Obstetric and gynaecology adult critical care PATIENTS predominate
90	Adult: Non standard LOCATION using a WARD area
04	Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (Paediatric critical care PATIENTS predominate)
16	WARD for children and young people
17	High Dependency Unit for children and young people
18	Renal Unit for children and young people
19	Burns Unit for children and young people
92	Non standard LOCATION using the operating department for children and young people
13	Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Neonatal critical care PATIENTS predominate)
14	Facility for Babies (Neonates) on a Neonatal Transitional Care WARD
15	Facility for Babies (Neonates) on a Maternity WARD
91	Other settings: non standard LOCATION using the operating department

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Context Alias

plural CRITICAL CARE UNIT FUNCTIONS