WITHHELD IDENTITY REASON
 Related DDCN/DSCN/ISN
Description Where Used

Format/Length:an2
HES Item: 
National Codes: 
Default Codes:99 - Identity withheld but reason not known

Notes:
WITHHELD IDENTITY REASON is used in Data Group 'Withheld Identity Structure' in the Commissioning Data Sets (version 6-2 onwards).  It allows suppliers of Commissioning Data Set records to indicate to recipients of the record (for example, the Commissioner of the activity) that the record has been purposely anonymised for a valid reason.

Permitted National Codes:

01Record anonymised for legal/statutory reasons
02Record anonymised at request of Caldicott Guardian
03Record anonymised at request of PATIENT
97Record anonymised for other reason

 

 

This data element is also known by these names:
ContextAlias
pluralWITHHELD IDENTITY REASONS