Duration of Elective Wait

Change History

 

DSCN 2017 / 07

Admitted Patient Care Data Set

DSCN (2008) 07 (W)

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)