Referring Organisation Code

Change History
DSCN 2012 / 11	Elective Admission List Data Set (EAL Ds)
DSCN 2011 / 07	The introduction of the ‘Referral to Treatment Times (Combined)’ return
DSCN 2009 / 09	NHS Reforms: NHS Wales Data Definition Update
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
DSCN (2007) 02 (W)	To update the NHS Wales Data Dictionary with the format change to the GMC/ GDC and Practice Codes.
DSCN (2006) 01 (W)	To introduce Independent Nurse Activity in the Outpatient ds + QS1
DSCN 38/01 (W) Amnd	Subject: The addition of new codes in Method of Admission, Referrer Code and Referring Organisation for emergency patients admitted via the NHS direct service
DSCN 38/01 (W)	Subject: The addition of new codes in Method of Admission, Referrer Code and Referring Organisation for emergency patients admitted via the NHS direct service

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
EAL ds	1^st April 1999	21^st November 2012
OP ds	1^st April 1999
OPR ds	1^st July 2008
EDDS	1^st April 2009
CRTT	1^st April 2009	31^st August 2011
RTT (Combined)	1^st September 2011

The code of the organisation of the General Medical Practitioner (GMP), General Dental Practitioner (GDP) and Consultant or Independent Nurse making the referral. This information is essential for managing contracts which are based on patterns of referral.

Where a five character Organisation Code is used, it should be left justified and padded with a space.

Default codes:

Format: 6 character alpha-numeric

Value	Meaning	Valid From	Valid To
X99998	Organisation code not applicable	1^st May 1998
X99999	Organisation code not known	1^st May 1998	20^th January 2002

For Referral to Treatment Times (Combined):-

For the RTT (Combined) return, this data item should only be used to capture the 3 character Organisation Code (Code of Provider) when a tertiary referral takes place from one secondary care organisation to another for Cardiac patients only – i.e. Treatment Function Code 170 (Cardiothoracic Surgery) or 320 (Cardiology). In all other cases, ‘X98’ should be submitted.

The ‘receiving’ organisation is responsible for submitting RTT (Combined) data for any Cardiac tertiary referrals they have received from another organisation.

See ORGANISATION CODEOrganisationCode