APPOINTMENT DATE
Usage in the CDS:The Outpatient and Future Outpatient CDS Types use the APPOINTMENT DATE as the "CDS ORIGINATING DATE" as a mandatory requirement of the CDS Exchange Protocol, see CDS ACTIVITY DATE.
Format / Length
an10 CCYY-MM-DD
Description
APPOINTMENT DATE is the same as attribute APPOINTMENT DATE.
Usage in the CDS: The Outpatient and Future Outpatient CDS Types use the APPOINTMENT DATE as the "CDS ORIGINATING DATE" as a mandatory requirement of the CDS Exchange Protocol, see CDS ACTIVITY DATE.
For the Future Outpatient CDS where no APPOINTMENT DATE is available from the healthcare system, a default date value of 2999-12-31 may be applied. Care must be taken to generate the correct CDS Exchange Protocol when using this default value.
When submitting a Referral To Treatment Clock Stop Administrative Event via the CDS V6-2 Type 020 - Outpatient Commissioning Data Set, APPOINTMENT DATE is equivalent to the REFERRAL TO TREATMENT PERIOD END DATE carried in the record.
Also Known As
This data element is also known by these names:
| Context | Alias |
|---|---|
| Plural | APPOINTMENT DATES |
Where Used
| Type | Link | How used |
|---|---|---|
| Data Set | Radiotherapy Data Set | references in description APPOINTMENT DATE |
| Data Set | CDS V6-2 Type 021 - Future Outpatient CDS | references in description APPOINTMENT DATE |
| Data Set | CDS V6-2 Type 020 - Outpatient CDS | references in description APPOINTMENT DATE |
| Data Set | Patient Level Information Costing System Acute Data Set - Out-Patient Care | references in description APPOINTMENT DATE |
| Data Element | APPOINTMENT DATE | references in description APPOINTMENT DATE |
| NHS Business Definition | Activity Date for Age (Contract Monitoring) | references in description APPOINTMENT DATE |
| NHS Business Definition | Activity End Date (Contract Monitoring) | references in description APPOINTMENT DATE |
| NHS Business Definition | Activity Start Date (Contract Monitoring) | references in description APPOINTMENT DATE |
| Data Element | CDS ACTIVITY DATE | references in description APPOINTMENT DATE |
| Supporting Information | Referral to Treatment Clock Stop Administrative Event | references in description APPOINTMENT DATE |
