Psychiatric Patient Status

Change History
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	1^st April 1999

The status of a patient admitted or transferred to a consultant in one of the psychiatric specialties within a hospital provider spell.

Format: 1 digit numeric

Value	Meaning	Valid From	Valid To
0	No known previous hospital provider spells with a consultant episode (hospital provider) within a psychiatric specialty within any health care provider	21^st February 2002
1	One or more previous hospital provider spells involving a consultant episode (hospital provider) within a psychiatric specialty with this health care provider	21^st February 2002
2	One or more previous hospital provider spells involving a consultant episode (hospital provider) within a psychiatric specialty with another health care provider, but none with this health care provider	21^st February 2002
8	Not applicable: the patient is not receiving admitted patient care under a consultant in a psychiatric specialty	21^st February 2002

Note: Where a patient has a history of admissions to several hospital providers, then priority between categories 1 and 2 above should be given to the current hospital provider, and category 1 selected, irrespective of whether or not the last admission was to the same hospital provider.

This data item applies only to patients admitted or transferred to a consultant in one of the psychiatric specialties within a hospital provider spell. Record this against the first consultant episode under a consultant in one of the psychiatric specialties but not for subsequent psychiatric consultant episodes or for any non-psychiatric episodes.