| Format/length: | an2 |
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Notes:
For purposes of the Mental Health Minimum Data Set collection, a Mental Health Minimum Data Set record will be assembled for each Adult Mental Health Care Team of an adult (including elderly) PATIENT who has received a continuous period of care or assessment from a Health Care Provider's specialist mental health services within the REPORTING PERIOD.
SPELL DEFINITION TYPE (ASSEMBLER MHCS) identifies the method used to derive the START DATE (MENTAL HEALTH CARE SPELL) and the END DATE (MENTAL HEALTH CARE SPELL).
Recorded as:
| A | derived from the succession of recorded contacts e.g. Face To Face Contact Community Care | |
| D | declared explicitly i.e. Start Date and End Date of recorded Adult Mental Health Care Spell | |
| DX | declared explicitly i.e. Start Date and End Date of recorded Adult Mental Health Care Spell but the START DATE (MENTAL HEALTH CARE SPELL) and the END DATE (MENTAL HEALTH CARE SPELL) have been adjusted to accommodate contact activity which has occurred outside of the declared or derived Adult Mental Health Care Spell | |
| E | derived from the collation of recorded episodes e.g. Consultant Episode (Hospital Provider) | |
| EX | derived from the collation of recorded episodes e.g. Consultant Episode (Hospital Provider) but the START DATE (MENTAL HEALTH CARE SPELL) and the END DATE (MENTAL HEALTH CARE SPELL) have been adjusted to accommodate contact activity which has occurred outside of the declared or derived Adult Mental Health Care Spell | |
Adult Mental Health Care Spell is an ACTIVITY GROUP where ACTIVITY GROUP TYPE is National Code 23 'Adult Mental Health Care Spell'.
Face To Face Contact Community Care is a CARE CONTACT where the CARE CONTACT TYPE is National Code 15 'Face to Face Contact Community Care'.
Start Date is an ACTIVITY DATE where ACTIVITY DATE TIME TYPE is National Code 31 'Start Date'.
End Date is an ACTIVITY DATE where ACTIVITY DATE TIME TYPE is National Code 11 'End Date'.
Consultant Episode (Hospital Provider) is an ACTIVITY GROUP where ACTIVITY GROUP TYPE is National Code 14 'Consultant Episode (Hospital Provider)'.
This data element is also known by these names:
| Context | Alias |
|---|---|
| plural | SPELL DEFINITION TYPES (ASSEMBLER MHCS) |