Definition
Episodes of residential care for residents in all government-funded residential mental health care services in Australia, except those residential care services that are in receipt of funding under the Aged Care Act and subject to Commonwealth reporting requirements (i.e. report to the System for the payment of Aged Residential Care (SPARC) collection).
Some admitted patient care services may meet the definition of a residential mental health service. However, as they are admitted patient care services, relevant data on their patients are reported to the National Minimum Data Set for Admitted Patient Care.
Glossary items
Episode of residential care end
Episode of residential care start
Resident
Residential mental health care service
This NMDS was created on 10 September 2013, replacing the ICD-10-AM 7th edition principal diagnosis and additional diagnosis data elements with their ICD-10-AM 8th edition equivalents, as agreed to by the Mental Health Information Strategy Standing Committee.
Metadata items in this Data Set Specification
Below is a list of all the components within this Dataset Specification.
Each entry includes the item name, whether the item is optional, mandatory or conditional and the maximum times the item can occur in a dataset.
If the items must occur in a particular order in the dataset, the sequence number is included before the item name.
| Reference | Data Element | Data Type | Length | Inclusion | # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode of care—additional diagnosis, code (ICD-10-AM 8th edn) ANN{.N[N]} | String | 6 | mandatory | 1 | |
| Episode of care—mental health legal status, code N | Number | 1 | mandatory | 1 | |
|
Episode of care—principal diagnosis, code (ICD-10-AM 8th edn) ANN{.N[N]}
Specific Information:
Codes can be used from ICD-10-AM or from The ICD-10-AM Mental Health Manual: An Integrated Classification and Diagnostic Tool for Community-Based Mental Health Services, published by the National Centre for Classification in Health 2002. The principal diagnosis should be recorded and coded upon the end of an episode of residential care (i.e. annually for continuing residential care). |
String | 6 | mandatory | 1 | |
|
Episode of residential care—episode end date, DDMMYYYY
Specific Information:
Data in this field must: be ≤ last day of reference period |
Date/Time | 8 | mandatory | 1 | |
| Episode of residential care—episode end mode, code N | Number | 1 | mandatory | 1 | |
|
Episode of residential care—episode start date, DDMMYYYY
Specific Information:
Right justified and zero filled. episode of residential care start date ≤ episode of residential care end date. episode of residential care start date ≥ date of birth. |
Date/Time | 8 | mandatory | 1 | |
| Episode of residential care—episode start mode, code N | Number | 1 | mandatory | 1 | |
|
Episode of residential care—number of leave days, total N[NN]
Specific Information:
Episode of residential care end date minus episode of residential care start date minus leave days from residential care must be >= 0 days.
|
Number | 3 | mandatory | 1 | |
| Episode of residential care—referral destination (mental health care), code N | Number | 1 | mandatory | 1 | |
| Establishment—Australian state/territory identifier, code N | Number | 1 | mandatory | 1 | |
| Establishment—region identifier, X[X] | - | - | mandatory | 1 | |
|
Establishment—region name, text XXX[X(57)]
Specific Information:
Mental health data collections are hierarchical in nature. An identical reporting structure, including region name, should be common between all mental health collections, including the Mental Health Establishments (MHE), Community Mental Health Care (CMHC) and Residential Mental Health Care (RMHC) NMDS's, the Mental Health National Outcomes and Casemix collection and any future mental health collections.
|
String | 60 | mandatory | 1 | |
|
Establishment—sector, code N
Specific Information:
CODE 1 is to be used for government-operated residential mental health care services. CODE 2 is to be used for residential mental health care services operated by non-government organisations. |
- | - | mandatory | 1 | |
| Establishment—service unit cluster identifier, XXXXX | String | 5 | mandatory | 1 | |
| Establishment—service unit cluster name, text XXX[X(97)] | String | 100 | mandatory | 1 | |
| Person—area of usual residence, statistical area level 2 (SA2) code (ASGS 2011) N(9) | String | 9 | mandatory | 1 | |
| Person: Country of Birth, Code (SACC 2011) NNNN | Number | 4 | mandatory | 1 | |
|
Person: Date of Birth, DDMMYYYY
Specific Information:
This field must not be null. National Minimum Data Sets: For the provision of State and Territory hospital data to Commonwealth agencies this field must:
|
Date/Time | 8 | mandatory | 1 | |
| Person—Indigenous status, code N | Number | 1 | mandatory | 1 | |
| Person: Marital Status, Code N | Number | 1 | mandatory | 1 | |
| Person—person identifier, XXXXXX[X(14)] | - | - | mandatory | 1 | |
| Person: Sex, Code N | Number | 1 | mandatory | 1 | |
|
Residential stay—episode start date, DDMMYYYY
Specific Information:
Right justified and zero filled. Residential stay start date ≤ episode of residential care end date. Residential stay start date ≥ date of birth |
Date/Time | 8 | mandatory | 1 | |
| Specialised mental health service organisation—organisation identifier, XXXX | String | 4 | mandatory | 1 | |
| Specialised mental health service organisation—organisation name, text XXX[X(97)] | String | 100 | mandatory | 1 | |
| Specialised mental health service—residential service unit identifier, XXXXXX | String | 6 | mandatory | 1 | |
| Specialised mental health service—residential service unit name, text XXX[X(97)] | String | 100 | mandatory | 1 |
Comments
Some admitted patient care services may meet the definition of a residential mental health service. However, as they are admitted patient care services, relevant data on their patients are reported to the National Minimum Data Set for Admitted Patient Care.
Glossary items
Episode of residential care end
Episode of residential care start
Resident
Residential mental health care service
This NMDS was created on 10 September 2013, replacing the ICD-10-AM 7th edition principal diagnosis and additional diagnosis data elements with their ICD-10-AM 8th edition equivalents, as agreed to by the Mental Health Information Strategy Standing Committee.
References
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| As a denominator in an Indicator | 0 |
| As a disaggregation in an Indicator | 0 |