Notes:
This is the same as attribute CONTRACEPTION METHOD STATUS.

This records the status of a PATIENT's CONTRACEPTION PRINCIPAL METHOD at the point of intervention. An intervention is where the PATIENT had to attend the Sexual and Reproductive Health Service (or was attended in the home/other location) for the purpose of changing, maintaining, supporting and initiating their method of CONTRACEPTION.

Validation Rules:

• If CONTRACEPTION METHOD STATUS is recorded as a value 1, 2 or 3 then CONTRACEPTION PRINCIPAL METHOD must also record a value between 1 and 13. If the PATIENT is receiving, maintaining or changing a CONTRACEPTION PRINCIPAL METHOD then this must always be recorded at every attendance and conversely if CONTRACEPTION PRINCIPAL METHOD is recorded then CONTRACEPTION METHOD STATUS must be either 1, 2 or 3 at every attendance.

• If CONTRACEPTION METHOD STATUS is recorded as a value 4 then CONTRACEPTION PRINCIPAL METHOD must be left blank. If the PATIENT  is consulting on CONTRACEPTION METHODS or is obtaining advice on methods but has not yet received their method from the Sexual and Reproductive Health Service then CONTRACEPTION PRINCIPAL METHOD should not be recorded.

• If CONTRACEPTION METHOD POST COITAL is recorded as a value 1 or 2 and CONTRACEPTION PRINCIPAL METHOD is blank then CONTRACEPTION METHOD STATUS must be blank. If the PATIENT is in receipt of emergency CONTRACEPTION only and it is not in support of a CONTRACEPTION PRINCIPAL METHOD from the Sexual and Reproductive Health Service or emergency CONTRACEPTION is the CONTRACEPTION PRINCIPAL METHOD then this is recorded only in the CONTRACEPTION METHOD POST COITAL field. If the emergency CONTRACEPTION is in support of a CONTRACEPTION PRINCIPAL METHOD issued by the Sexual and Reproductive Health Service then CONTRACEPTION PRINCIPAL METHOD and CONTRACEPTION METHOD POST COITAL must be recorded.

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	CONTRACEPTION METHOD STATUSES