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.

Format / Length

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Description

CRITICAL CARE UNIT FUNCTION is the same as attribute CRITICAL CARE UNIT FUNCTION.

The National Codes for non standard locations may be recorded where the delivery of care is CRITICAL CARE LEVEL National Code 02 'Level 2' or 03 ' level 3' and the duration of care is greater than four hours.

CRITICAL CARE UNIT FUNCTION 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.

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 Data Element is also known by these names:

Context Alias
Plural CRITICAL CARE UNIT FUNCTIONS

Where Used

Type Link How used
Data Set CDS V6-2 Type 120 - Admitted Patient Care - Finished Birth Episode CDS references in description CRITICAL CARE UNIT FUNCTION
Data Set CDS V6-2 Type 130 - Admitted Patient Care - Finished General Episode CDS references in description CRITICAL CARE UNIT FUNCTION
Data Set CDS V6-2 Type 140 - Admitted Patient Care - Finished Delivery Episode CDS references in description CRITICAL CARE UNIT FUNCTION
Data Set CDS V6-2 Type 180 - Admitted Patient Care - Unfinished Birth Episode CDS references in description CRITICAL CARE UNIT FUNCTION
Data Set CDS V6-2 Type 190 - Admitted Patient Care - Unfinished General Episode CDS references in description CRITICAL CARE UNIT FUNCTION
Data Set CDS V6-2 Type 200 - Admitted Patient Care - Unfinished Delivery Episode CDS references in description CRITICAL CARE UNIT FUNCTION
Data Set CDS V6-3 Type 120 - Admitted Patient Care - Finished Birth Episode CDS references in description CRITICAL CARE UNIT FUNCTION
Data Set CDS V6-3 Type 130 - Admitted Patient Care - Finished General Episode CDS references in description CRITICAL CARE UNIT FUNCTION
Data Set CDS V6-3 Type 140 - Admitted Patient Care - Finished Delivery Episode CDS references in description CRITICAL CARE UNIT FUNCTION
Data Set CDS V6-3 Type 180 - Admitted Patient Care - Unfinished Birth Episode CDS references in description CRITICAL CARE UNIT FUNCTION
Data Set CDS V6-3 Type 190 - Admitted Patient Care - Unfinished General Episode CDS references in description CRITICAL CARE UNIT FUNCTION
Data Set CDS V6-3 Type 200 - Admitted Patient Care - Unfinished Delivery Episode CDS references in description CRITICAL CARE UNIT FUNCTION
Class CRITICAL CARE PERIOD references in description CRITICAL CARE UNIT FUNCTION
Data Set Critical Care Minimum Data Set 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