PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT STATUS CODE

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The PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT STATUS CODE applies only to PATIENTS admitted or transferred to a CONSULTANT in one of the psychiatric specialties within a Hospital Provider Spell. Record this against the first consultant episode under a CONSULTANT in one of the psychiatric specialties but not for subsequent psychiatric consultant episodes or for any non-psychiatric episodes. This information is used to indicate the turnover period within the service and identify, where possible, all first time psychiatric admissions and re-admissions.

Where a PATIENT has a history of admissions to several Hospital Provider, then priority between National Codes 1 and 2 should be given to the current Hospital Provider, and National Code 1 selected, irrespective of whether or not the last admission was to the same Hospital Provider.

Permitted National Codes:

0No known previous Hospital Provider Spells with a Consultant Episode (Hospital Provider) within a psychiatric speciality within any Health Care Provider.
1One or more previous Hospital Provider Spells involving a Consultant Episode (Hospital Provider) within a psychiatric specialty with this Health Care Provider.
2One or more previous Hospital Provider Spells involving a Consultant Episode (Hospital Provider) within a psychiatric specialty with another Health Care Provider, but none with this Health Care Provider.
8Not applicable: the PATIENT is not receiving admitted patient care under a CONSULTANT in a psychiatric specialty.
9Not known: the PATIENT is receiving admitted patient care under a CONSULTANT in a psychiatric specialty, but the information is not available. This constitutes a validation error
 

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