NZ resident status A code identifying resident status at the 1 char A M Y Permanent resident time of this event. N Temporary (not a NZ citizen; does not have NZ permanent resident status) A permanent resident is defined as a person who: - resides in New Zealand and - is not a person to whom Section 7 of the Immigration Act 1987 applies or a person obliged by or pursuant to that Act to New Zealand immediately or within a specified time or deemed for the purposes of that Act to be in New Zealand unlawfully. Admission source code A code used to describe the nature of 1 char A M Must be a valid code in the Admission Source code table. admission (routine or transfer) for a R Routine hospital inpatient health event. T Transfer from another hospital facility Health specialty code A classification describing the specialty or 3 char ANN M Must be a code in the Health Specialty code table. service to which a healthcare user has The Health Specialty code must be current ie. the date been assigned, which reflects the nature portion of end datetime must be within the range of the of the services being provided. Health Specialty Code’s start and end date. For event type IM where End datetime is null, the date portion of Event start datetime is used when validating against the Health Specialty code’s start and end dates. Admission type code A code used to describe the type of 2 char AA M Must be a code in the Admission Type code table. admission for a hospital healthcare health The Admission Type end date for the Admission Type code event. provided must be greater than the date portion of Event end datetime. Event end type code A code identifying how a healthcare event 2 char AA O Must be a valid code in the Event End Type code table. ended. Optional for psychiatric inpatient events (Event type ‘IM’). Mandatory for all other event types.
NZ resident status A code identifying resident status at the time of this event. A permanent resident is defined as a person who: - resides in New Zealand and - is not a person to whom Section 7 of the Immigration Act 1987 applies or a person obliged by or pursuant to that Act to New Zealand immediately or within a specified time or deemed for the purposes of that Act to be in New Zealand unlawfully. 1 char A M Y Permanent resident N Temporary (not a NZ citizen; does not have NZ permanent resident status) Admission source code A code used to describe the nature of admission (routine or transfer) for a hospital inpatient health event. 1 char A M Must be a valid code in the Admission Source code table. R Routine T Transfer from another hospital facility Health specialty code A classification describing the specialty or service to which a healthcare user has been assigned, which reflects the nature of the services being provided. 3 char ANN M Must be a code in the Health Specialty code table. The Health Specialty code must be current ie. the date portion of end datetime must be within the range of the Health Specialty Code’s start and end date. For event type IM where End datetime is null, the date portion of Event start datetime is used when validating against the Health Specialty code’s start and end dates. Admission type code A code used to describe the type of admission for a hospital healthcare health event. 2 char AA M Must be a code in the Admission Type code table. The Admission Type end date for the Admission Type code provided must be greater than the date portion of Event end datetime. Event end type code A code identifying how a healthcare event ended. 2 char AA O Must be a valid code in the Event End Type code table. Optional for psychiatric inpatient events (Event type ‘IM’). Mandatory for all other event types.
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