Format/Length:	n1
HES Item:	NEOCARE
National Codes:	See NEONATAL LEVEL OF CARE
Default Codes:	8 - Not applicable: a still birth or the episode of care does not involve a Neonate during all, or part, of the duration of the episode
	9 - Not known: the episode of care involves a Neonate and is finished but no data has been entered, or the episode involves a Neonate and is unfinished therefore no data needs to be present. This would constitute a validation error only for a finished episode

Notes:
NEONATAL LEVEL OF CARE is the same as attribute NEONATAL LEVEL OF CARE.

The value recorded must be the highest level of care given during a Hospital Provider Spell with Neonatal Level Of Care Periods.

NEONATAL LEVEL OF CARE will be replaced with NEONATAL LEVEL OF CARE CODE, which should be used for all new and developing data sets and for XML messages.

 

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	NEONATAL LEVELS OF CARE