Change History |
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Admitted Patient Care Data Set | |
The Introduction of Valid Period Date Ranges for Data Items within the APC Data Set |
This data item is / was included in the following data sets / collections between the dates shown:
Data Set / Collection |
Valid From |
Valid To |
APC ds99 |
1st April 1999 |
31st March 2017 |
Format: 4 digit numeric
Value |
Meaning |
Valid From |
Valid To |
NNNN |
0000 - 8887 (in days) entered as right justified with preceding zeros |
1st May 1998 |
31st March 2017 |
NNNN |
No of days (0000 – 8999) |
Pre 28th December 1995 |
30th April 1998 |
9998 |
Not applicable |
Pre 28th December 1995 |
31st March 2017 |
9999 |
Not known (i.e. no date known for decision to admit): a validation error |
1st May 1998 |
20th January 2002 |
The field must be populated with spaces to the length format (i.e. four spaces)