Organisation Site Coding Frames

For further information, see the attribute ORGANISATION SITE CODE.

Description

For further information, see the attribute ORGANISATION SITE CODE.

ORGANISATION SITE CODING FRAMES

All NHS ORGANISATION SITES are coded using coding frames, as shown in the tables below:


Character Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Format	a/n	a/n	a/n	a/n	a/n	a/n	a/n	a/n	a/n
A Frame	Organisation Type Identifier			Organisation Identifier		Site or Sub-Division Identifier
B Frame	Organisation Type Identifier	Organisation Identifier		Site or Sub-Division Identifier
C Frame	Organisation Type Identifier		Organisation Identifier	Site or Sub-Division Identifier
D Frame	Organisation Type Identifier	Practice Identifier					Branch Surgery Identifier
F Frame	Organisation Type Identifier	Organisation Identifier
H Frame	Organisation Type Identifier			Organisation Identifier
I Frame	Organisation Type Identifier		Organisation Identifier
J Frame	Organisation Type Identifier		Organisation Identifier
K Frame	Organisation and Organisation Type Identifier			Organisation Site Identifier
L Frame	Organisation Type Identifier and Site or Sub-Division Identifier

A Frame:

Example Local Service Provider Site e.g. LSP0101

LSP = Org Type Identifier
01 = Organisation Identifier
01 = Site or Sub-Division Identifier

B Frame:

Example Care Trust Site e.g. TAK01

T = Organisation Type Identifier
AK = Organisation Identifier
01 = Site or Sub-Division Identifier

Also:


Government Department Site	e.g. XDA01
Local Authority Site	e.g. 000AA
Local Health Board (Wales) Site	e.g. 7A101
NHS Trust Site	e.g. RH802
Other Statutory Authority (OSA) Site	e.g. X1601
	e.g. Q3001

C Frame:

Example Independent Sector Healthcare Provider (ISHP) Site e.g. NV701

NV = Organisation Site Type Identifier
7 = Organisation Identifier
01 = Site or Sub-Division Identifier

D Frame

Example GP Practice Branch Surgery: e.g. H81010002

H (and length of code) = Organisation Identifier
81010 = Organisation Identifier (parent GP Practice)
002 = Branch Surgery Identifier

F Frame

Example Commissioning Support Unit Site: e.g. 0AA01

0 = Organisation Type Identifier
AA01 = Organisation Identifier

H Frame

Example Prison: e.g. YDE01

YDE = Organisation Type Identifier
01 = Site or Sub-Division Identifier

I Frame

Example Optical Site: e.g. TP01A

TP = Organisation Type Identifier
01A = Site or Sub-Division Identifier

J Frame

Example Care Home Site: e.g. VN01A

VN = Organisation Type Identifier
01A = Site or Sub-Division Identifier

Also:


Health Observatory	e.g. XP001
Primary Healthcare Directorate (Isle of Man) Site	e.g. YK101

K Frame

Example Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) Site e.g. 11AAA - 99YZZ

11A = Organisation and Organisation Type Identifier
AA = Organisation Site Identifier

L Frame

Example Special Health Authority (SpHA) Site: e.g. T115A

T115A - Organisation Type Identifier and Site or Sub-Division Identifier

The structure and format of ORGANISATION SITE CODES maintained by the Organisation Data Service, NHS Prescription Services and other agencies are detailed in the tables below.

NHS ORGANISATION SITE CODES TABLES

Coding Formats

Table 1: CODING FORMATS FOR ORGANISATION SITES IN ENGLAND AND WALES


Organisation Site Type	Frame Type	Character Position									Code allocated by:	Notes/Comments
	See Coding Frames Table	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Care Home Site	J	V	L, M or N	A-9	A-9	A-9					ODS	E.g. VN01A, VM01A, VL01A
Care Trust Site	B	T	A-Y	A-Y	A-9	A-9					ODS	First three characters denote owning Care Trust E.g. TAK01
Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) Site	K	0-9	0-9	A-Y	A-Y	A-Y					ODS	First three characters denote owning Clinical Commissioning Group E.g. 11AAA - 99YZZ
Commissioning Support Unit (CSU) Site	F	0	A-Y	A-Y	A-9	A-9					ODS	E.g. 0AA01
Executive Agency Site	N/A See Note	X	0-9	0-9	0-9	0-9					ODS	First three characters denote Executive Agency E.g. X0901
Government Department Site	B	X	A-Y	A-Y	0-9	0-9					ODS	First three characters denote Government Department E.g. XDA01
GP Practice Branch Surgery - England and Wales	D	A-H, J-N, P, W & Y	0-9	0-9	0-9	0-9	0-9	0-9	0-9	0-9	ODS	First 6 characters denote parent practice. Char 1 = W for Welsh GP Practice. All other values represent English GP Practices E.g. H81010002
Health Observatory	J	X	P	0-9	0-9	0-9					ODS	E.g. XP001
Care Trust Site	B	Q	A-9	A-9	A-9	A-9					ODS	E.g. TAK01
Independent Sector Healthcare Provider (ISHP) Site	C	A, B, D, G, I, K, L, M , N, O, S, U, V, W	A-Y	A-Y, 0-9	A-Y, 0-9	A-Y, 0-9					ODS	First three characters denote owning Independent Sector Healthcare Provider (ISHP) E.g. NV701 Note: The A-Y range includes all letters except Z
Local Authority (LA) Site	B	0-9	0-9	0-9	A-Z	A-Z					ODS	First three characters denote parent Local Authority E.g. 000AA
Local Health Board (Wales) Site	B	7	A-9	A-9	A-9	A-9					ODS	First three characters denote owning NHS Trust E.g. 7A101
Local Service Provider Site	A	L	S	P	0-9	0-9	0-9	0-9			ODS	First five characters denote owning Local Service Provider E.g. LSP0101
NHS Trust Site	B	R	A-9	A-9	A-9	A-9					ODS	First three characters denote owning NHS Trust E.g. RH802
Optical Site	I	T	P or Q	0-9	A-9	A-9					ODS	E.g. TP01A, TQ01A
Other Statutory Authority (OSA) Site	B	X	0-9	0-9	0-9	0-9					ODS	First three characters denote owning Other Statutory Authority E.g. X1601
Primary Care Trust (PCT) Site	B	5	A-9	A-9	A-9	A-9					ODS	First three characters denote owning Primary Care Trust E.g. 5CT49 All Primary Care Trusts closed 31 March 2013
Special Health Authority (SpHA) Site	L	T	1	0-9	0-9	A-Y, 1-9					ODS	The characters do NOT denote any ownership. E.g. T115A
Strategic Health Authority (SHA) Site	B	Q	A-9	A-9	A-9	A-9					ODS	First three characters denote owning SHA Trust E.g. Q3001 All Strategic Health Authorities closed 31 March 2013 - from 1 April 2013 referred to as High Level Health Geography Site

Note: Codes for Executive Agency, Executive Agency Programme, Executive Agency Site and Executive Agency Programme Department do not easily fit into the coding frames as shown above and are therefore not included. This is due to their unusual structure in that there are more hierarchical 'tiers' than with other organisations.

Executive Agency and Executive Agency Programme are both considered Organisation level entities, although each Programme does have a relationship to an Executive Agency. Executive Agency codes are three characters long. Executive Agency Programme codes are six, and their first three characters are the same as the Executive Agency they are associated to.

Department codes of eight characters long can then be allocated underneath a Programme code (sharing the first six characters). Executive Agency Site codes of five characters long can be allocated under an Executive Agency code (and share the first three characters).

Note: A-9 indicates that characters A-Z and 0-9 are valid: except B, I, O, S, U and Z (to avoid ambiguity). This applies to all ORGANISATION SITE CODES in the Coding Format Table above except Independent Sector Healthcare Provider (ISHP) sites.

Table 2: CODING FORMATS FOR ORGANISATION SITES IN OTHER HOME COUNTRIES


Organisation Site Type	Frame Type	Character Position									Code allocated by:	Notes/Comments
	See Coding Frames Table	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Primary Healthcare Directorate (Isle of Man) Site	J	Y	K	A-9	A-9	A-9					ODS	E.g. YK101

Note: A-9 indicates that characters A-Z and 0-9 are valid: except B, I, O, S, U and Z (to avoid ambiguity).