LEGAL STATUS RESTRICTIVENESS (HIGHEST IN REPORTING PERIOD)

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LEGAL STATUS RESTRICTIVENESS (HIGHEST IN REPORTING PERIOD) is the same as attribute LEGAL STATUS RESTRICTIVENESS.

This is an optional data item note in the Mental Health Minimum Dataset (MHMD) collection record and should only be recorded if one or more LEGAL STATUS were present during or overlap with the REPORTING PERIOD. It is the highest scored LEGAL STATUS RESTRICTIVENESS of all the LEGAL STATUS for the PATIENT within the MENTAL HEALTH CARE SPELL during the REPORTING PERIOD.

If the PATIENT has more than one MENTAL HEALTH CARE SPELL during the same REPORTING PERIOD and therefore more than one MHMD collection record, then the same highest restrictive LEGAL STATUS CLASSIFICATION CODE will apply for all the MHMDS collection records for the PATIENT within the same REPORTING PERIOD.

Where more than one LEGAL STATUS has the same LEGAL STATUS RESTRICTIVENESS, then the first recorded one should be used.

 

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plural LEGAL STATUS RESTRICTIVENESS (HIGHEST IN REPORTING PERIODS)