NHS Information Authority
Data Standards and Information Programme
Reference: | Change Request 362 |
Version No: | 1.4 |
Subject: | Amendment of HRG Data Elements |
Type of Change: | Revision of NHS Data Standards |
Effective Date: | 1 April 2003 |
Reason for Change: | Changes are required to the notes of Data Elements: HEALTHCARE RESOURCE GROUP CODE and HEALTHCARE RESOURCE GROUP CODE VERSION NUMBER |
NHS Executive to Department of Health
The Data Elements HEALTHCARE RESOURCE GROUP CODE and HEALTHCARE RESOURCE GROUP CODE-VERSION NUMBER both contain an instance of 'NHS Executive' (within the notes section) and these instances have been removed from the NHS Data Dictionary by this DSCN and have been replaced with 'Department of Health'.
HRG Code - HRGS are not derived
HEALTHCARE RESOURCE GROUP CODES for Out-Patient Attendance CDSs, are directly assigned not derived from any other CDS items. This DSCN has changed the notes of data elements HEALTHCARE RESOURCE GROUP CODE and HEALTHCARE RESOURCE GROUP CODE-VERSION NUMBER data elements, to indicate that Out-Patient HRGs cannot be derived from other CDS items.
Summary of changes:Data Elements | |
Change to Description | |
Change to Description |
Name: | Michelle Cambridge |
Date: | 10 October 2003 |
Sponsor: | Data and Information Standards Programme |
HEALTHCARE RESOURCE GROUP CODE
Change to Data Element: Change to Description
Format/length: | an3 |
HES item: | HRGNHS |
National Codes: | |
Default Codes: |
Notes:
Healthcare Resource Groups (HRGs) for Admitted Patient Care are derived from existing CDS data items.
DSCN 08/2000 includes HEALTHCARE RESOURCE GROUP CODESin the core CDS to standardise the handling of this data item within the CDS, the NHSCDS EDIFACT message and the NWCS database. HRGs for Out-Patient Attendances are directly assigned and cannot be derived from the Out-Patient Attendance CDS data items.
DSCN 08/2000 includes
This data element is also known by these names:
Context | Alias |
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plural | HEALTHCARE RESOURCE GROUP CODES |
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HEALTHCARE RESOURCE GROUP CODE-VERSION NUMBER
Change to Data Element: Change to Description
Format/length: | an3 |
HES item: | HRGNHSVN |
National Codes: | OP (applies to out-patient HRGs only) |
Default Codes: |
Notes:
The version number should be 'OP' when designating an out-patient HRG code, rather than a numeric value.
The National Schedule of Reference Costs, developed by the NHS Executive, uses Healthcare Resource Groups (HRGs) as the basis for costing inpatient and daycase services. Healthcare Resource Groups (HRGs) are derived from existing CDS data items using an algorithm and a software package developed by the NHS Information Authority (Population Health and Service Management Information Programme). HEALTHCARE RESOURCE GROUP CODE-VERSION NUMBERSidentifies which version of the HRG Grouper has been used to derive the HRG from the source data items. The National Schedule of Reference Costs, developed by the Department of Health, uses Healthcare Resource Groups (HRGs) as the basis for costing inpatient and daycase services.
Healthcare Resource Groups (HRGs) are derived for Admitted Patient Care from existing CDS data items.
HRGs for Out-Patient Attendances are directly assigned and cannot be derived from the Out-Patient Attendance CDS data items.
This will facilitate the management of regular HRG updates issued by the NHS Information Authority.
This data element is also known by these names:
Context | Alias |
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plural | HEALTHCARE RESOURCE GROUP CODE-VERSION NUMBERS |
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