Definition
Representation
Data Type | Number |
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Format | N |
Maximum character length | 1 |
Values
Value | Meaning | Start Date | End Date | |
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Permissible Values | 2 | Payment to patient only | ||
3 | Payment to other party/parties only | |||
4 | Payment to patient and other party/parties | |||
Supplementary Values | 7 | Not applicable—no payment to claimant | ||
9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
Comments
Guide for use:
The claimant is the person who is pursuing a medical indemnity claim and may be the patient or some other party claiming for harm or loss allegedly resulting from the health-care incident that gave rise to the medical indemnity claim.
CODE 7 Not applicable—no payment to claimant
'Not applicable—no payment to claimant' should be used where no payment was made to the claimant; for example, if legal or investigative costs have been paid, but there has been no payment of damages.
CODE 9 Not stated/inadequately described
'Not stated/inadequately described' should be used when the information is not currently available.
Comments:
Related codes are collected by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (2006) as part of their National Claims and Policies Database.
References
This content Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Attribution provided as required under the AIHW CC-BY licence.
Related content
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Data Elements implementing this Value Domain | 1 |