LD Census Questions Data item MHMDS field Matching Notes Proposed Amended notes (if name HES item modification (if any) any) 1 Name of Patient Local use only unless NHS Number cannot be Collect for use by local Uncoded provided commissioners to check lists of known patients 2 NHS Number PTID? LOPATID? Essential identifier. In cases where it cannot be New provided a tracing service will be carried out by HSCIC 3 Providers PROCODE PROCODE for Independent No change Your organisation’s code – Organisational Code hospitals, this is your registration code from the Healthcare Commission or Care Quality Commission 4 Organisational Code PURCODE There is a search facility on the Census website. No change of Commissioner Please inform us if you cannot find a code you need. It is the code for the organisation commissioning or paying for the patient or bed. See Protocol for codes for insurance or private patients 5 Postcode of POSTCODE HOMEADD Full post code of home address if in hospital less Full post code of Patient’s Usual Address than 1 year. Please see Protocol for default codes. last known address before admission to hospital if known. Default codes? 6 Address details if PC If postcode not known, enter details of address (e.g. No change not known town) Uncoded 7 Patient Gender SEX SEX No change 8 Patient Date of Birth DOB DOB Only the year is required but the No change spreadsheet will accept dd/mm/yyyy. Date of Birth will be a required value but guidance can stipulate in cases where approx. date only available then this should be before or after census date but no free text permitted Ethnic Category ETHNIC Standard NHS codes Way Ethnicity Self assessment of ethnicity otherwise not Assessed known/not stated 9 Legal Status at LSTATUS Classification Code On Census Day Legal Status at census No change – census date date 10 Legal Status at LSTATUS leglstat Classification Code On admission Legal Status at No change – admission date START DATE admission date
LD Census Questions Data item MHMDS field name Matching HES item Notes Proposed modification (if any) Amended notes (if any) 1 Name of Patient Local use only unless NHS Number cannot be provided Collect for use by local commissioners to check lists of known patients Uncoded 2 NHS Number PTID? LOPATID? Essential identifier. In cases where it cannot be provided a tracing service will be carried out by HSCIC New 3 Providers Organisational Code PROCODE PROCODE Your organisation’s code – for Independent hospitals, this is your registration code from the Healthcare Commission or Care Quality Commission No change 4 Organisational Code of Commissioner PURCODE There is a search facility on the Census website. Please inform us if you cannot find a code you need. It is the code for the organisation commissioning or paying for the patient or bed. See Protocol for codes for insurance or private patients No change 5 Postcode of Patient’s Usual Address POSTCODE HOMEADD Full post code of home address if in hospital less than 1 year. Please see Protocol for default codes. Full post code of last known address before admission to hospital if known. Default codes? 6 Address details if PC not known If postcode not known, enter details of address (e.g. town) No change Uncoded 7 Patient Gender SEX SEX No change 8 Patient Date of Birth DOB DOB Only the year is required but the spreadsheet will accept dd/mm/yyyy. Date of Birth will be a required value but guidance can stipulate in cases where approx. date only available then this should be before or after census date but no free text permitted No change Ethnic Category ETHNIC Standard NHS codes Way Ethnicity Assessed Self assessment of ethnicity otherwise not known/not stated 9 Legal Status at census date LSTATUS Classification Code – On Census Day Legal Status at census date No change 10 Legal Status at admission date LSTATUS START DATE leglstat Classification Code – On admission Legal Status at admission date No change
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