CRITICAL CARE UNIT FUNCTION

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

Description

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

Further detail on CRITICAL CARE UNIT FUNCTIONS is described on CRITICAL CARE PERIOD.

Note:

  • National Code descriptions have been updated to remove National Code headings and add prefixes where required. The Data Set specifications that contain this item will be updated in the next version of the Information Standard where it is not already correct.
  • Facilities are described by the category of PATIENT predominantly treated, as follows:
    • Adult Facilities ( PATIENTS more than 19 years old on admission predominate)
    • Children and Young People Facilities ( PATIENTS aged greater than or equal to 29 days to less than 19 years predominate)
    • Neonatal Facilities ( PATIENTS aged less than 29 days on admission predominate)
    • Other settings

National Codes

Code Description
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 adult critical care PATIENTS predominate
90
Adult: Non standard LOCATION using a WARD area
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
13
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Neonatal critical care PATIENTS predominate)
14
Facility for Babies ( Neonates) on a Neonatal Transitional Care WARD
15
Facility for Babies ( Neonates) on a Maternity WARD
91
Other settings: non standard LOCATION using the operating department

Also Known As

This Attribute is also known by these names:

Context Alias
Plural CRITICAL CARE UNIT FUNCTIONS

Where Used

Type Link How used
Class CRITICAL CARE PERIOD references in description CRITICAL CARE UNIT FUNCTION
Data Element CRITICAL CARE UNIT FUNCTION references in description CRITICAL CARE UNIT FUNCTION
Data Set Neonatal Critical Care Minimum Data Set references in description CRITICAL CARE UNIT FUNCTION
Data Set Paediatric Critical Care Minimum Data Set references in description CRITICAL CARE UNIT FUNCTION
Class WARD has an attribute CRITICAL CARE UNIT FUNCTION of type CRITICAL CARE UNIT FUNCTION