| Format/length: | n3 |
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Notes:
This is an optional data element in the Mental Health Minimum Data Set and should only be present if:
| a. | one or more CARE CONTACTS within the Adult Mental Health Care Spell has occurred during the REPORTING PERIOD | |
| and | ||
| b. | where the TREATMENT FUNCTION for the CARE PROFESSIONAL is 713 'PSYCHOTHERAPY' | |
It is the total number of such contacts within the REPORTING PERIOD.
There is a Contact Date for each CARE CONTACT and the calculation is based upon those contacts which have occurred during the REPORTING PERIOD. Where the CARE PROFESSIONAL is also the allocated Care Programme Approach care coordinator for the PATIENT then a Face To Face Contact CPA Care Coordinator should also be recorded.
Adult Mental Health Care Spell is an ACTIVITY GROUP where the ACTIVITY GROUP TYPE is National Code 23 'Adult Mental Health Care Spell'.
Contact Date is the same as attribute ACTIVITY DATE of ACTIVITY DATE TIME where the ACTIVITY DATE TIME TYPE is National Code 39 'Contact Date'.
This data element is also known by these names:
| Context | Alias |
|---|---|
| plural | CONTACTS (PSYCHOTHERAPY) |