Format/Length:	an8
National Codes:
Default Codes:	C9999998 - CONSULTANT, GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL REFERENCE NUMBER not known
	CD999998 - Dental CONSULTANT: GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL REFERENCE NUMBER / GENERAL DENTAL COUNCIL REGISTRATION NUMBER not known
	D9999998 - Dentist, GENERAL DENTAL PRACTITIONER CODE not known
	M9999998 - MIDWIFE
	N9999998 - NURSE
	H9999998 - Other health care professional

Notes:
CONSULTANT CODE is the same as attribute CONSULTANT CODE.

All Midwife Episodes and attendances are identified in the Commissioning Data Sets and Hospital Episode Statistics by a pseudo CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE, 560, see Main Specialty and Treatment Function Codes Table. An Organisation Data Service Default Code is used in the CONSULTANT CODE field to show that a MIDWIFE is the responsible CARE PROFESSIONAL. Note that the MIDWIFE's own Nursing and Midwifery Council code is not used.

All Nursing Episodes and attendances are identified in the Commissioning Data Sets and Hospital Episode Statistics by a pseudo CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE, 950, see Main Specialty and Treatment Function Codes Table. An Organisation Data Service Default Code is used in the CONSULTANT CODE field to show that a NURSE is the responsible CARE PROFESSIONAL. Note that the NURSE's own Nursing and Midwifery Council code is not used.

CONSULTANT CODE will be replaced with both PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION ISSUER CODE and PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION ENTRY IDENTIFIER, which are the most recently approved national information standards to describe the required definition. 

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	CONSULTANT CODES