SITE CODE (OF PROVIDER FIRST SEEN)

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National Codes: 
ODS Default Codes:89999 - Non-NHS UK Provider where no ORGANISATION SITE CODE has been issued
 89997 - Non-UK Provider where no ORGANISATION SITE CODE has been issued

Notes:
SITE CODE (OF PROVIDER FIRST SEEN) is the same as attribute ORGANISATION SITE CODE.

SITE CODE (OF PROVIDER FIRST SEEN) is the ORGANISATION SITE CODE of the Health Care Provider at the first contact with the PATIENT.

For the National Cancer Waiting Times Monitoring Data Set this may be the:

whichever is the earlier SERVICE related to the initial REFERRAL REQUEST.

SITE CODE (OF PROVIDER FIRST SEEN) is may be the same Health Care Provider as for SITE CODE (OF PROVIDER FIRST CANCER SPECIALIST) if the PATIENT was first seen by the appropriate specialist for cancer.

SITE CODE (OF PROVIDER FIRST SEEN) will be replaced with ORGANISATION SITE IDENTIFIER (OF PROVIDER FIRST SEEN), when it has been approved for use in national information standards.

 

This data element is also known by these names:
ContextAlias
formerlyORGANISATION CODE (PROVIDER FIRST SEEN)
pluralSITE CODES (OF PROVIDER FIRST SEEN)