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Data Element Detail

Contract flag
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 040101 v1
Data Element
Data Element
Current
15-Jan-1998		Superseded
03-Aug-2014
Standard
01-Jul-1996
30-Jun-2014
A flag which indicates that the procedure (or V code) was performed as a contracted service, and specifies whether it was performed on an admitted or non-admitted basis. It also records contracted services performed by private health organisations.
Instituitional health care
Contract flag
Representational Attributes
Numeric
Code
N
1
1
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

CodeDescription
1Contracted admitted procedure
2Contracted non-admitted procedure or procedure performed by private health organisations
Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

-
Collection and Usage Attributes
Hospitals that place a patient on contract leave to a private health organisation with no facility number should record a dummy facility number of 99998. Code (2) of the contract flag has been extended to facilitate this.
Recorded by the contracting hospital. Flag procedure codes only, unless the procedure was not carried out, in which case flag the V code.
Relational Attributes
Related Metadata References

Related Metadata References_IR

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ViewRelationshipMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifier & VersionApproval Status
Has been superseded byData ElementData ElementContracted hospital care service-contract procedure flagQH 040101 Version 2Current
Is a qualifier ofData ElementData ElementDiagnostic code (ICD-9-CM)QH 040100 Version 1Superseded
Relates toData ElementData Element ConceptContract leaveQH 040265 Version 1Superseded
Relates toData ElementData Element ConceptContract serviceQH 040130 Version 1Superseded
Implementation in Metadata Sets

Implemented

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ViewMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifer & VersionObligationApproval StatusEffective FromEffective To
Information AssetData CollectionQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC)QH 020001 Version 1ConditionalSuperseded01-Jul-199630-Jun-2014
Source and Reference Attributes
Contract care; Contract flag;