HP090 - ADMITTED PATIENT CONSULTANT CARE

1. The classes in this diagram relate to patient care under a CONSULTANT following admission.

2. A PATIENT may have one or more PATIENT DIAGNOSES and PATIENT PROCEDURES and these may have been completed as part of a CONSULTANT EPISODE (HOSPITAL PROVIDER), as part of an OUT-PATIENT ATTENDANCE CONSULTANT or as a WARD ATTENDANCE. Each PATIENT DIAGNOSIS may relate to a READ CLASSIFICATION.

3. A PATIENT PROCEDURE must have at least one PATIENT PROCEDURE CLASSIFICATION classified by OPERATIVE PROCEDURE (OPCS coding) for PATIENTS in a hospital bed but may also have a PATIENT PROCEDURE CLASSIFICATION classified by READ CLASSIFICATION.

4. For PATIENT PROCEDURES requiring an anaesthetist or surgeon, the anaesthetist and surgeon with ultimate responsibility for the operation should be recorded.