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Person—unique identifier used indicator, yes/no code N

Definition

An indicator of whether a person identifier is for a uniquely identifiable person within an establishment or agency, as represented by a code.

Components

Data Element (this item)
Person—unique identifier used indicator, yes/no code N

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Yes/no code N ".
Data Type Boolean
Format N
Maximum character length 1
Values
Value Meaning Start Date End Date
Permissible Values 1 Yes
2 No

Comments

Guide for use:

CODE 1 Yes

This code means the patient identifier is a number for a uniquely identified person.

CODE 2 No

This code means the patient identifier is a number for a non-uniquely identifiable person.

The assignment of Person identifier to a uniquely identifiable individual is important for the Community Mental Health Care (CMHC) NMDS to permit the determination of the number of clients receiving services within a jurisdiction. The ability of jurisdictions to generate unique identifiers varies, as described in the data quality statement for the CMHC NMDS.

References


This content Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Attribution provided as required under the AIHW CC-BY licence.

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Input in Derivations 0
Output in Derivations 0
Inclusion in Data Set Specifications 1
Inclusion in Data Distributions 0
As a numerator in an Indicator 0
As a denominator in an Indicator 0
As a disaggregation in an Indicator 0