Operation Status

Change History
DSCN 2020 / 27	Outpatient Activity (Virtual Clinics) – Phase Two
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
OP ds	1^st April 1999

Operation status should be used once for each record to record states of knowledge regarding the operative procedure.

Where the response for data item (Consultation method) is

• Virtual Clinical Appointment (Patient Contact) – Video, N/A - Record a value of 8 - Not applicable i.e. no operative procedures performed or intended or leave blank.

• Virtual Clinical Appointment (Patient Contact) – Phone, N/A - Record a value of 8 - Not applicable i.e. no operative procedures performed or intended or leave blank.

• Virtual Clinical Review (Non-Patient Contact), N/A - Record a value of 8 - Not applicable i.e. no operative procedures performed or intended or leave blank.

Format: 1 digit numeric

Value	Meaning	Valid From	Valid To
1	One or more operative procedure carried out	1^st May 1998
8	Not applicable i.e. no operative procedures performed or intended	1^st May 1998
9	Not known i.e. finished episode / outpatient attendance but no data entered or the episode is unfinished and no data needs to be present. This would be a validation error only for a finished episode	1^st May 1998	20^th January 2002