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Definition

A code set representing the area of clinical practice providing a health-care service.

Representation

Data Type Number
Format N[N]
Maximum character length 2

Values

Value Meaning Start Date End Date
Permissible Values 1 Emergency department
2 Cardiology
3 Dentistry
4 Cosmetic procedures (including elective plastic surgery)
5 Otolaryngology
6 General medicine (including internal medicine)
7 General practice
8 General surgery
9 Gynaecology
10 Hospital outpatient department
11 Neurology
12 Obstetrics
13 Oncology
14 Orthopaedics
15 Paediatrics
16 Perinatology (including neonatology)
17 Plastic surgery (non-elective)
18 Psychiatry
19 Radiology
20 Urology
23 Cardio-thoracic surgery
24 Community-based care
25 Intensive care
26 Neurosurgery
27 Ophthalmology
28 Oral and maxillofacial surgery
29 Pathology
30 Public health
31 Rehabilitation
32 Vascular surgery
88 Other
Supplementary Values 97 Not applicable
99 Not stated/inadequately described

References

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Relation Count
Data Elements implementing this Value Domain 1