The type of area to which the PATIENT was admitted during a CRITICAL CARE PERIOD. This is the principal clinical service provided within the WARD.

National Codes:
Adult Facilities (Patients more than 19 years old on admission predominate)

01	Non-specific, general adult critical care patients predominate
02	Surgical adult patients (unspecified specialty)
03	Medical adult patients (unspecified specialty)
05	Neurosciences adult patients predominate
06	Cardiac surgical adult patients predominate
07	Thoracic surgical adult patients predominate
08	Burns and plastic surgery adult patients predominate
09	Spinal adult patients predominate
10	Renal adult patients predominate
11	Liver adult patients predominate
12	Obstetric and gynaecology critical care patients predominate
90	non standard location using a ward area

Children and Young People Facilities (Patients aged greater than or equal to 29 days to less than 19 years predominate)

04	Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (Paediatric critical care patients predominate)
16	Ward for children and young people
17	High Dependency Unit for children and young people
18	Renal Unit for children and young people
19	Burns Unit for children and young people
92	Non standard location using the operating department for children and young people

Neonatal Facilities (Patients aged less than 29 days on admission predominate)

13	Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Neonatal critical care patients predominate)
14	Facility for Babies on a Neonatal Transitional Care Ward
15	Facility for Babies on a Maternity Ward

Other settings

91	non standard location using the operating department

 

This attribute is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	CRITICAL CARE UNIT FUNCTIONS