CLINICAL CARE INTENSITY
The level of resources and intensity of care which it is intended to provide or is provided in a particular WARD.
Description
The level of resources and intensity of care which it is intended to provide or is provided in a particular WARD.
Notes:
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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.
CLINICAL CARE INTENSITY will be replaced with WARD INTENDED CLINICAL CARE INTENSITY , which is the most recent approved national information standard to describe the required definition.
National Codes
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| 51 |
Mental Illness intensive care: specially designated ward for PATIENTS needing containment and more intensive management (e.g. Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)). This is not to be confused with intensive nursing where PATIENTS may require one to one nursing while on a standard WARD |
| 52 |
Mental Illness short stay: PATIENTS intended to stay less than a year |
| 53 |
Mental Illness long stay: PATIENTS intended to stay a year or more |
| 61 |
Learning Disability
PATIENTS
in a designated or interim secure unit |
| 62 |
Learning Disability
PATIENTS
intending to stay less than a year |
| 63 |
Learning Disability
PATIENTS intending to stay a year or more |
| 41 |
Only for maternity PATIENTS looked after by CONSULTANTS |
| 43 |
Only for maternity PATIENTS looked after by GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS |
| 42 |
Joint use for maternity PATIENTS looked after by CONSULTANTS and GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS |
| 33 |
Neonates
: maternity: associated with the maternity WARD in that cots are in the maternity WARD nursery or in the WARD itself |
| 32 |
Neonates
: non-maternity: not associated with the maternity WARD and without designated cots for intensive care |
| 31 |
Neonates
: not associated with the maternity WARD and in which there are some designated cots for intensive care |
| 21 |
Younger physically disabled PATIENTS: spinal units, only those units which are nationally recognised |
| 22 |
Younger physically disabled PATIENTS: other units |
| 81 |
Terminally ill/ Palliative Care PATIENTS |
| 11 |
General PATIENTS: for intensive therapy, including high dependency care |
| 12 |
General PATIENTS: for normal therapy: where resources permit the admission of PATIENTS who might need all but intensive or high dependency therapy |
| 13 |
General PATIENTS: for limited therapy: where nursing care rather than continuous medical care is provided. Such WARDS can be used only for PATIENTS carefully selected and restricted to a narrow range in terms of the extent and nature of disease |
| 71 |
Home Leave
, non-psychiatric |
| 72 |
Home Leave
, psychiatric |
Also Known As
This attribute is also known by these names:
| Context | Alias |
|---|---|
| Plural | CLINICAL CARE INTENSITIES |
Where Used
| Type | Link | How used |
|---|---|---|
| Attribute | CLINICAL CARE INTENSITY | references in description CLINICAL CARE INTENSITY |
| Data Element | INTENDED CLINICAL CARE INTENSITY CODE | is the data element of CLINICAL CARE INTENSITY |
| Data Element | INTENDED CLINICAL CARE INTENSITY CODE (MENTAL HEALTH) | is the data element of CLINICAL CARE INTENSITY |
| Attribute | MENTAL HEALTH ADMITTED PATIENT CLASSIFICATION | references in description CLINICAL CARE INTENSITY |
| Attribute | WARD INTENDED CLINICAL CARE INTENSITY | references in description CLINICAL CARE INTENSITY |
| Class | WARD OPERATIONAL PLAN | has an attribute CLINICAL CARE INTENSITY of type CLINICAL CARE INTENSITY |
