CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE

A unique code identifying each MAIN SPECIALTY designated by Royal Colleges.

Format / Length

an3

Description

CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE is the same as attribute MAIN SPECIALTY CODE.

CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE is the specialty in which the CONSULTANT is contracted or recognised. MAIN SPECIALTY classifies clinical work divisions more precisely for a limited number of specialties.

All Non-Consultant Led Activity is identified by a pseudo CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE of:

The default codes 199 and 499 are only applicable for overseas providers.

CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE is used by the Secondary Uses Service to derive the Healthcare Resource Group 4. Failure to correctly populate this data element is likely to result in an incorrect Healthcare Resource Group, usually associated with lower levels of healthcare resource.

For further information, please refer to the NHS England website at: Payment by Results Guidance.

Further information on the groupings and each MAIN SPECIALTY CODE is provided at: Main Specialty and Treatment Function Codes Table.

National Codes

Code Description
100 General Surgery
101 Urology
107 Vascular Surgery
110 Trauma and Orthopaedics
120 Ear Nose and Throat
130 Ophthalmology
140 Oral Surgery
141 Restorative Dentistry
142 Paediatric Dentistry
143 Orthodontics
145 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
146 Endodontics
147 Periodontics
148 Prosthodontics
149 Surgical Dentistry
150 Neurosurgery
160 Plastic Surgery
170 Cardiothoracic Surgery
171 Paediatric Surgery
191 Pain Management (Retired 1 April 2004)
180 Emergency Medicine
190 Anaesthetics
192 Intensive Care Medicine
200 Aviation and Space Medicine
300 General Internal Medicine
301 Gastroenterology
302 Endocrinology and Diabetes
303 Clinical Haematology
304 Clinical Physiology
305 Clinical Pharmacology
310 Audio Vestibular Medicine
311 Clinical Genetics
312 CLINICAL CYTOGENETICS and MOLECULAR GENETICS (Retired 1 April 2010) National Code 312 is retained for CONSULTANTS qualified in this Main Specialty prior to 1 April 2010
313 Clinical Immunology
314 Rehabilitation Medicine
315 Palliative Medicine
317 Allergy
320 Cardiology
321 Paediatric Cardiology
325 Sport and Exercise Medicine
326 Acute Internal Medicine
330 Dermatology
340 Respiratory Medicine
350 Infectious Diseases
352 Tropical Medicine
360 Genitourinary Medicine
361 Renal Medicine
370 Medical Oncology
371 Nuclear Medicine
400 Neurology
401 Clinical Neurophysiology
410 Rheumatology
420 Paediatrics
421 Paediatric Neurology
430 Geriatric Medicine
450 Dental Medicine
451 Special Care Dentistry
460 Medical Ophthalmology
500

Obstetrics and Gynaecology National Code 500 is not acceptable for Central Returns including Hospital Episode Statistics

501 Obstetrics
502 Gynaecology
504 Community Sexual and Reproductive Health
510 Antenatal Clinic (Retired 1 April 2004)
520 Postnatal Clinic (Retired 1 April 2004)
560 Midwifery
600 General Medical Practice
601 General Dental Practice
610 Maternity Function (Retired 1 April 2004)
620 Other than Maternity (Retired 1 April 2004)
700 Learning Disability
710 Adult Mental Illness
711 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
712 Forensic Psychiatry
713 Medical Psychotherapy
715 Old Age Psychiatry
800 Clinical Oncology
810 Radiology
820 General Pathology
821 Blood Transfusion
822 Chemical Pathology
823 Haematology
824 Histopathology
830 Immunopathology
831 Medical Microbiology and Virology
832 Neuropathology (Retired 1 April 2004)
833 Medical Microbiology
834 Medical Virology
900 Community Medicine
901 Occupational Medicine
902 Community Health Services Dental
903 Public Health Medicine
904 Public Health Dental
950 Nursing
960 Allied Health Professional
990 Joint Consultant Clinics (Retired 1 April 2004)

Default Codes

Code Description
199 Non-UK provider; specialty function not known, treatment mainly surgical
499 Non-UK provider; specialty function not known, treatment mainly medical

Also Known As

This Data Element is also known by these names:

Context Alias
Plural CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODES

Where Used

Type Link How used
Data Set CDS V6-2 Type 020 - Outpatient CDS references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE
Data Set CDS V6-2 Type 021 - Future Outpatient CDS references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE
Data Set CDS V6-2 Type 030 - Elective Admission List - End of Period Census (Standard) CDS references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE
Data Set CDS V6-2 Type 050 - Elective Admission List - End of Period Census (New) CDS references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE
Data Set CDS V6-2 Type 060 - Elective Admission List - Event During Period (Add) CDS references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE
Data Set CDS V6-2 Type 110 - Elective Admission List - Event During Period (New Service Agreement) CDS references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE
Data Set CDS V6-2 Type 120 - Admitted Patient Care - Finished Birth Episode CDS references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE
Data Set CDS V6-2 Type 130 - Admitted Patient Care - Finished General Episode CDS references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE
Data Set CDS V6-2 Type 140 - Admitted Patient Care - Finished Delivery Episode CDS references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE
Data Set CDS V6-2 Type 170 - Admitted Patient Care - Detained and or Long Term Psychiatric Census CDS references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE
Data Set CDS V6-2 Type 180 - Admitted Patient Care - Unfinished Birth Episode CDS references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE
Data Set CDS V6-2 Type 190 - Admitted Patient Care - Unfinished General Episode CDS references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE
Data Set CDS V6-2 Type 200 - Admitted Patient Care - Unfinished Delivery Episode CDS references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE
Data Set CDS V6-3 Type 020 - Outpatient CDS references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE
Data Set CDS V6-3 Type 120 - Admitted Patient Care - Finished Birth Episode CDS references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE
Data Set CDS V6-3 Type 130 - Admitted Patient Care - Finished General Episode CDS references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE
Data Set CDS V6-3 Type 140 - Admitted Patient Care - Finished Delivery Episode CDS references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE
Data Set CDS V6-3 Type 180 - Admitted Patient Care - Unfinished Birth Episode CDS references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE
Data Set CDS V6-3 Type 190 - Admitted Patient Care - Unfinished General Episode CDS references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE
Data Set CDS V6-3 Type 200 - Admitted Patient Care - Unfinished Delivery Episode CDS references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE
Data Element CONSULTANT CODE references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE
Supporting Information Commissioning Data Set Business Rules references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE
Data Set Constraint Commissioning Data Set Version 6-2 XML Schema Constraints references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE
Data Set Constraint Commissioning Data Set Version 6-3 XML Schema Constraints references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE