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Change History |
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NHS Reforms: NHS Wales Data Definition Update | |
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Referral to Treatment: Changes to 'Outcome of Attendance' codes and introduction of the term 'National Pathway Identifier'. |
There is a requirement to be able to identify every patient pathway uniquely and it is the responsibility of each Local Health Board/Trust to ensure that they are able to do this. It is not necessary for Local Health Board/Trusts to use the National Pathway Identifier internally but when a patient transfers from one organisation to another, the National Pathway Identifier should be used. It must be possible for both the referring and receiving Local Health Board/Trusts to map any internal unique pathway identifiers to the National Pathway Identifier.
A patient pathway may include multiple clock start and clock stop points.
The NPI will remain the same throughout the patient pathway.
The NPI is derived by joining the following data items together in the following order:
Clinical Referral Date (Outpatient ds) – 8 digit numeric
Main Specialty (Consultant) – 3 digit numeric
Organisation Code (Originating Provider) – 3 digit alpha-numeric
Format: 24 character alpha-numeric
Example: NNNNNNNNNNCCYYMMDDSSSXAA – 1233456789020070401100RQF