Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type:![]() | Data Element |
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Short name:![]() | PBS item prescribed |
Synonymous names:![]() | PBS item code; PBS item number; Supplied item number; Item code |
METEOR identifier:![]() | 600778 |
Registration status:![]() | Commonwealth Department of Health , Standard 17/12/2015 |
Definition:![]() | The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) item prescribed in a claim for a benefit under the PBS, as represented by a PBS item code. This includes under co-payment claims where no benefit is paid, i.e. instances where the dispensed price of the prescribed medicinal or therapeutic product is less than the amount of the applicable co-payment. |
Data Element Concept:![]() | Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) prescription—PBS item prescribed |
Value Domain:![]() | Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) item code NN[NNN]A |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Classification scheme: | Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits | |
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Representation class:![]() | Code | |
Data type:![]() | String | |
Format:![]() | NN[NNN]A | |
Maximum character length:![]() | 6 |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation:![]() | Department of Health |
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Reference documents:![]() | Department of Health 2015. Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits. Department of Health, Canberra. Viewed 18 September 2015, http://www.pbs.gov.au/browse/publications Department of Health 2015. Repatriation Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits. Department of Health, Canberra. Viewed 22 October 2015, http://www.pbs.gov.au/browse/rpbs |