CRITICAL CARE UNIT FUNCTION

Description

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. 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 critical care PATIENTS predominate
90	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 on a Neonatal Transitional Care WARD
15	Facility for Babies on a Maternity WARD
91	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	WARD	has an attribute CRITICAL CARE UNIT FUNCTION of type CRITICAL CARE UNIT FUNCTION
Data Element	CRITICAL CARE UNIT FUNCTION	is the data element of CRITICAL CARE UNIT FUNCTION
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
Supporting Information		references in description CRITICAL CARE UNIT FUNCTION
Data Set	Paediatric Critical Care Minimum Data Set	references in description CRITICAL CARE UNIT FUNCTION
Supporting Information		references in description CRITICAL CARE UNIT FUNCTION

Data Elements