Change History

DSCN (2008) 07 (W)

The Introduction of Valid Period Date Ranges for Data Items within the APC Data Set

Data Set / Collection

Valid From

Valid To

APC ds99

1^st April 1999

Value

Meaning

Valid From

Valid To

0

Normal care: care given by the mother or mother substitute with medical and neonatal nursing advice if needed

1^st May 1998

1

Special care: care given in a special care nursery, transitional care ward or postnatal ward which provides care and treatment exceeding normal routine care. Some aspects of special care can be undertaken by a mother supervised by qualified nursing staff. Special nursing care includes support and education of the infants parent(s)

1^st May 1998

2

Level 2 intensive care (High dependency intensive care): care given in an intensive or special care nursery which provides continuous skilled supervision by qualified and specially trained nursing staff who may care for more babies than in Level 1 intensive care. Medical supervision is not so immediate as in Level 1 intensive care. Care includes support of the infants parent(s)

1^st May 1998

3

Level 1 intensive care (maximal intensive care): care given in an intensive care nursery which provides continuous skilled supervision by qualified and specially trained nursing and medical staff. Such care includes support of the infants parent(s)

1^st May 1998

8

Not applicable: the episode of care does not involve a neonate during all, or part, of the duration of the episode

1^st May 1998

9

Not known: the patient is a neonate but the information is not available. This constitutes a validation error.

1^st May 1998

20^th January 2002