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Definition

A code set representing the type of health profession.

Representation

Data Type Number
Format N[N].N
Maximum character length 3

Values

Value Meaning Start Date End Date
Permissible Values 1.0 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health worker
2.0 Audiology
3.0 Chiropractic
4.0 Dentistry
5.0 Dietetics
6.0 Exercise physiology
7.0 Medical laboratory science
8.0 Medicine
8.1 Medicine - prevocational postgraduate year 1
8.2 Medicine - prevocational postgraduate year 2
8.3 Medicine - prevocational postgraduate year 3+
9.0 Midwifery
10.0 Nursing
10.1 Nursing - enrolled nurse
10.2 Nursing - registered nurse
10.3 Nursing - nurse practitioner
10.8 Nursing - other nursing profession
11.0 Occupational therapy
12.0 Optometry
13.0 Oral health
14.0 Orthoptics
15.0 Orthotics and prosthetics
16.0 Osteopathy
17.0 Paramedicine
18.0 Pharmacy
19.0 Physiotherapy
20.0 Podiatry
21.0 Psychology
22.0 Radiation science
23.0 Social work
24.0 Sonography
25.0 Speech pathology
Supplementary Values 99.9 Not stated/inadequately described

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Relation Count
Data Elements implementing this Value Domain 2