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Data Element Detail

Specialist outpatient service request-referral source
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 042274 v1
Data Element
Data Element
Current
04-Sep-2017
Documented
Executive Director, Healthcare Improvement Unit
01-Jul-2015
30-Jun-2017
The type of organisation or person that requested a service at a specialist outpatient clinic for a patient.
Specialist outpatient care
Referral source (outpatient)
Representational Attributes
Numeric
Code
N[N]
1
2
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

CodeDescription
1Queensland Health - this hospital - emergency department
10Other Government service provider - community health facility
11Other Government service provider - Department of Communities (Child Safety Services)
12Other Government service provider - other
13Non-Government service provider - general practice
14Non-Government service provider - private hospital facility
15Non-Government service provider - private medical specialist / consulting rooms / agency
16Non-Government service provider - Family Support Alliance
17Non-Government service provider - Intensive Family Support Service
18Non-Government service provider - other
2Queensland Health - this hospital - outpatient clinic
3Queensland Health - this hospital - unit / ward
4Queensland Health - this hospital - private practice clinic
5Queensland Health - this hospital - other
6Queensland Health - other hospital
7Queensland Health - community health service
8Queensland Health - other
9Other Government service provider - correctional facility
98Other
Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

CodeDescription
99Not stated/inadequately described
Collection and Usage Attributes
Code 1 Queensland Health - this hospital - emergency department
A request for service by the emergency department in the same hospital as the specialist outpatient clinic.

Code 2 Queensland Health - this hospital - outpatient clinic
A request for service by an outpatient clinic to a specialist outpatient clinic in the same hospital (e.g. from a diabetes clinic to a vascular clinic).

Code 3 Queensland Health - this hospital - unit / ward
A request for service by a unit or ward in the same hospital as the specialist outpatient clinic. The patient can either be (a) a current inpatient in a unit or ward, or (b) may have been recently discharged from their admitted episode of care in a unit or ward.

Code 4 Queensland Health - this hospital - private practice clinic
A request for service by a private practice clinic in the same hospital as the specialist outpatient clinic.

Code 5 Queensland Health - this hospital - other
A request for service by the same hospital as the specialist outpatient clinic not previously described in codes: 1, 2, 3 or 4.

Code 6 Queensland Health - other hospital
A request for service from one Queensland Health Hospital to another Queensland Health Hospital. Service requests transferred from one Queensland Health Hospital waiting list to another Queensland Health Hospital waiting list should also be allocated this code.

Code 7 Queensland Health - community health service
A request for service by a Community Health Service of Queensland Health.

Code 8 Queensland Health - other
A request for service to an outpatient clinic by Queensland Health (excludes Community Health Service e.g. ATODS, Aged Care, Mental Health).

Code 9 Other Government service provider - correctional facility
A request for service from facilities managed by the Department of Correctional Services.

Code 10 Other Government service provider - community health facility
A request for service by Other Government Community Health Facilities (non-Queensland Health).

Code 11 Other Government service provider - Department of Communities (Child Safety Services)
A request for service from the Department of Communities (Child Safety Services).

Code 12 Other Government service provider - other
A request for service by Other Government Service Provider (excludes Correctional or Community Health).

Code 13 Non-Government service provider - general practice
A request for service by a General Practice/Practitioner (Non-Government).

Code 14 Non-Government service provider - private hospital facility
A request for service by a Private Hospital Facility (Non-Government).

Code 15 Non-Government service provider - private medical specialist / consulting rooms / agency
A request for service by a Private Medical Specialist/Consulting Rooms/Agency (non-Queensland Health).

Code 16 Non-Government service provider - Family Support Alliance
A request for service from the Family Support Alliance.

Code 17 Non-Government service provider - Intensive Family Support Service
A request for service from the Intensive Family Support Service.

Code 18 Non-Government service provider - other
A request for service by a Non-Government Service Provider (excludes General Practice, Private Hospital Facility or Private Medical Specialist/Consulting Rooms/Agency).

Code 98 Other
A request for service by an organisation or person not previously described.

Code 99 Not stated/inadequately described
A request for service by an organisation or person not stated or inadequately described.
Specialist Outpatient Data Collection (SODC):
Must not be blank.
Must have the values 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 98 or 99.
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 ElementSpecialist outpatient service request-referral sourceQH 042274 Version 2Draft
Relates toData ElementData ElementService request-waiting list statusQH 041978 Version 1Current
Relates toData ElementData ElementSpecialist outpatient service request-referral issue dateQH 042275 Version 1Draft
Relates toData ElementData ElementSpecialist outpatient service request-referral received dateQH 042276 Version 1Draft
Implementation in Metadata Sets

Implemented

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ViewMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifer & VersionObligationApproval StatusEffective FromEffective To
Information AssetData CollectionSpecialist Outpatient Data Collection (SODC)QH 020606 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-201530-Jun-2017
Source and Reference Attributes
Referral source; Specialist outpatient;