GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTICE CODE (PATIENT REGISTRATION)

Format/Length:an6
HES Item:GPPRAC
National Codes: 
ODS Default Codes:V81997 - No Registered GP Practice 
 V81998 - GP Practice Code not applicable
 V81999 - GP Practice Code not known

Notes:
GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTICE CODE (PATIENT REGISTRATION) is the same as attribute ORGANISATION CODE.

GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTICE CODE (PATIENT REGISTRATION) is the ORGANISATION CODE of the GP Practice that the PATIENT is registered with.

Use of Organisation Data Service Default Codes


CODE OF GP PRACTICE (REGISTERED GMP) DESCRIPTION REPLACED 1 JUNE 2008.

The code of the practice is an ORGANISATION CODE.

This is the code of the practice of the PATIENT's registered GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONER which lets him or her be notified about treatment received by the PATIENT. The registered GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONER may or may not be the same as the referring GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONER.

 

This data element is also known by these names:
ContextAlias
formerlyCODE OF GP PRACTICE (REGISTERED GMP)
pluralGENERAL MEDICAL PRACTICE CODES (PATIENT REGISTRATION)