Name Format Code

Change History

 

DSCN 2012 / 11

Elective Admission List Data Set (EAL Ds)

DSCN (2009) 02 (W)

Emergency Department 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

 

EAL ds

1st April 1999

21st November 2012

OP ds

1st April 1999

 

OPR ds

1st July 2008

 

EDDS

1st April 2009

 

 

This identifies how the name of the patient in the DS is formatted.

 

Format: 1 digit numeric

Value

Meaning

Valid From

Valid To

1

Structured – two element name, forename followed by surname, each element an35

1st May 1998

 

2

Unstructured – an70

1st May 1998

 

9

Not known: a validation error

1st May 1998

20th January 2002