Individual service provider—specialty name, code (ANZSCO 2013 Version 1.2) N[NNN]{NN}
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Provider's specialty name |
METEOR identifier: | 524585 |
Registration status: | Health!, Standard 05/10/2016 |
Definition: | The name of a health specialty recognised by a specialist college and practiced by an individual service provider, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Individual service provider—specialty name |
Value Domain: | Occupation code (ANZSCO 2013 Version 1.2) N[NNN]{NN} |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Classification scheme: | Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations, 2013, Version 1.2 | |
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Representation class: | Code | |
Data type: | Number | |
Format: | N[NNN]{NN} | |
Maximum character length: | 6 |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | Display the description of the profession with or without the code as appropriate. Specialty (field of practice) is collected for the purpose of unambiguous identification and is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all fields of practice and/or speciality work areas or roles. ANZSCO codes are used as a proxy for profession/specialty. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Reference documents: | Standards Australia 2014. AS 4846:2014 Person and provider identification in healthcare. Sydney: Standards Australia. |
Relational attributes | |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Provider registration cluster Health!, Standard 05/10/2016 Conditional obligation: Is conditional on the individual service provider having a recognised specialty. DSS specific information: Can be left blank if no specialty exists. |