Reason for health clinic attendance, code NN

Guide for use:

More than one code may be recorded if there are multiple reasons for visiting the health clinic.

CODE 1 Health check

Record this code if the person attended the clinic for a general health check.

CODE 2 Diabetes

Record this code if the person attended the clinic for treatment of Type 1, Type 2 or gestational diabetes.

CODE 3 Mental health condition

Record this code if the person attended the clinic for treatment of a mental health condition.

CODE 4 Pathology

Record this code if the person attending the clinic was having blood or urine tested or receiving results from a blood or urine test.

CODE 5 Skin condition (excludes cancer and communicable diseases)

Record this code if the person attended the clinic for a skin condition (excludes cancer and communicable diseases).

CODE 6 Drug and alcohol issue

Record this code if the person attended the clinic for a drug and alcohol issue.

CODE 7 Medication

Record this code if the person attended the clinic for medication.

CODE 8 Vaccination

Record this code if the person attended the clinic for a vaccination.

CODE 9 Musculoskeletal injury

Record this code if the person attended the clinic for a musculoskeletal injury. Musculoskeletal conditions are recorded separately.

CODE 10 Musculoskeletal condition (excluding arthritis, injury or cancer)

Record this code if the person attended the clinic for a musculoskeletal condition. This excludes arthritis, cancer or injury.

CODE 11 Cardiovascular disease

Record this code if person attended the clinic for treatment of cardiovascular disease (includes coronary heart disease, heart failure, rheumatic fever, rheumatic heart disease, congenital heart disease, stroke and peripheral vascular disease).

CODE 12 Respiratory condition (excludes asthma, cancer or communicable diseases)

Record this code if the person attended the clinic for treatment of a respiratory condition.

CODE 13 Communicable disease

Communicable diseases are those which are capable of being transmitted between individuals and include infectious and parasitic disease (Healey 2004). Record this code if person attended the clinic for treatment of a communicable disease (includes blood-borne diseases, gastrointestinal diseases, quarantinable diseases, sexually transmitted infections, vaccine preventable diseases, vector-borne diseases, zoonoses and other bacterial infections.

CODE 14 Dental

Record this code if the person attended the clinic for dental referral, dental procedures or dental pain.

CODE 15 Digestive condition (excluding cancer)

Record this code if the person attended the clinic for treatment of a digestive condition. This excludes cancers which are recorded separately.

CODE 16 Wound care

Record this code if the person attended the clinic for wound care for example dressings or review.

CODE 17 Asthma

Record this code if the person attended the clinic for the treatment of asthma.

CODE 18 Sensory conditions (ear and eye conditions)

Record this code if the person attended the clinic for the treatment of ear or eye conditions.

CODE 19 Neurological condition

Record this code if the person attended the clinic for neurological conditions for example epilepsy, Parkinson disease, motor neurone disease.

CODE 20 Malignancy (cancer, excludes non-melanoma skin cancer)

Record this code if the reason for attending the clinic was a malignancy (cancer), excludes non-melanoma skin cancer.

CODE 21 Arthritis

Record this code if the person attended the clinic for treatment of arthritis (includes gout, rheumatism, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, other type, arthritis type unknown).

CODE 22 Women's health

Record this code if the person attended the clinic for women's health issues for example cervical screening, contraceptives.

CODE 25 Other

Record this code if the person attended the clinic for a reason not specified above.

CODE 99 Not stated/inadequately described

Record this code when the reason is unknown.

Origin:

National Centre for Classification in Health 2010. The International statistical classification of diseases and related health problems, tenth revision, Australian modification (7th edn). Sydney: National Centre for Classification in Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney

Comments:

The list of reasons for attendance at the health clinic was initially guided by the most common categories reported in a number of relevant surveys, for example the 2001 NSW Inmate Health Survey, Queensland Women Prisoners' Health Survey and the General Practice Activity in Australia 2007-08 (Britt et al. 2008). Following the 2009 National Prisoner Health Census, the list was amended to include the reasons recorded in the 'Other' category on the National Prisoner Health Census Clinic form.