Format/length:	n1
HES item:
National Codes:
Default Codes:

National Codes:

1	First attendance face to face
2	Follow-up attendance face to face
3	First telephone or telemedicine consultation
4	Follow-up telephone or telemedicine consultation

This indicates whether a patient is making a FIRST ATTENDANCE or follow-up attendance and whether the CONSULTATION MEDIA USED was a face to face contact or telephone/telemedicine consultation. 

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	FIRST ATTENDANCES