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Goods and equipment code N

Definition

A code set representing goods and equipment.

Representation

Data Type Number
Format N
Maximum character length 1

Values

Value Meaning Start Date End Date
Permissible Values 1 Self-care aids (e.g. button hook for dressing or bowl care for eating)
2 Support and mobility aids (e.g. walking frame, manual wheelchair)
3 Communication aids (e.g. hearing aids, mouthstick)
4 Reading aids (e.g. magnifying glass, braille books)
5 Medical care aids (e.g. ventilator, pacemaker)
6 Car modifications (e.g. car ramp, room for wheelchair)
8 Other goods and equipment (other goods and equipment not elsewhere classified)
Supplementary Values 9 Not stated/inadequately described

Comments

Guide for use:

CODE 1 Self-care aids

Eating aids – crockery, cutlery, plate guard, bowl guard
Dressing aids – button hook, clothes tongs, zip pull
Washing aids – bathrails/hoist/seat, shower rails/fitting/seat
Bag, urinal, incontinence pad, uredome, urinary appliances
Bowel appliances – colostomy bag, bowel pad
Toilet chair, commode, frame, conventional toilet use aids
Cooking aids (excl. eating utensils), special iron
Other aids for self care

CODE 2 Support and mobility aids

Callipers, splints
Belts, braces, neck collar, corsets
Crutches for support, walking frame/stick
Ankle/knee strap, built up shoe, foot/leg support NEC
Transporter chair, pusher, tricycle
Wheelchair manual or unspecified
Wheelchair, motorised
Henry lifter, hoist, patient lifter Scooter
Ejector chair, hard-back chair, made to measure chair, chair NEC
Special bed, cushions/pillows for support
White cane
Sonic beam, laser cane, optacon
Guide dog
bars/hooks/rails/straps, attached to walls, etc., for support and mobility
Other aids for support or mobility

CODE 3 Communication aids

Aid, hearing
Teletext
Telephone attachment or adaptation (e.g. answering service, flashing light, headpiece, TTY telephone)
Writing aids (mouthstick, writing pad, typewriter, communication board)
Computers – Kurzweil personal reader, communication
Speaking aids - electrolarynx

CODE 4 Reading aids

Contact lenses, reading/magnifying glasses
Braille books/items/watch
Books, large print/talking, cassette recorders/players
Reading frame, page turners, reading aids not associated with loss of sight
Other reading or sight aids
Dwelling modification to aid communication – intercom
Other aids for communication

CODE 5 Medical care aids

Breathing pumps – oxygen masks, ventilator
Dialysis machine, kidney functioning machines
Heart stimulus/functioning machines, pacemaker
Ostomy appliances/Stoma appliances, excluding colostomy bag
Other aids for medical care

CODE 6 Car modifications

Accelerator/brake/controls, hand – car modifications
Handles/lifter/rails/ramps – car modifications
Mirrors/steering/windows, power – car modifications
Other car modifications – automatic transmission, room for wheelchair

CODE 8 Other goods/equipment

Other goods/equipment NEC

Origin:
National HACC Minimum Data Set User Guide Version 2.0 2005. Home and Community Care (HACC) Program

References


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