Person—interpreter service required, yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Interpreter service required |
Synonymous names: | Need for interpreter service |
METEOR identifier: | 623421 |
Registration status: | Disability, Superseded 28/09/2016 |
Definition: | Whether an interpreter service is required by or for the person, as represented by a code. |
Data element concept attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Data element concept: | Person—interpreter service required |
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METEOR identifier: | 304292 |
Registration status: | Health!, Standard 08/02/2006 Community Services (retired), Standard 10/04/2006 WA Health, Standard 19/03/2015 Disability, Superseded 28/09/2016 Tasmanian Health, Standard 27/04/2021 |
Definition: | Whether an interpreter service is required by or for the person. |
Context: | To assist in planning for provision of interpreter services. |
Object class: | Person |
Property: | Interpreter service required status |
Value domain attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Value domain: | Yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N |
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METEOR identifier: | 301747 |
Registration status: | Health!, Standard 21/09/2005 Housing assistance, Standard 10/02/2006 Community Services (retired), Standard 14/02/2006 Early Childhood, Standard 21/05/2010 Homelessness, Standard 23/08/2010 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/11/2012 Disability, Standard 07/10/2014 Indigenous, Standard 13/03/2015 Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 |
Definition: | A code set representing 'yes', 'no' and 'not stated/inadequately described'. |
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Code | |
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Data type: | Number | |
Format: | N | |
Maximum character length: | 1 | |
Value | Meaning | |
Permissible values: | 1 | Yes |
2 | No | |
Supplementary values: | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | CODE 9 Not stated/inadequately described This code is not for use in primary data collections. |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | Includes verbal language, non-verbal language and languages other than English. CODE 1 Yes Use this code where interpreter services are required. CODE 2 No Use this code where interpreter services are not required. Persons requiring interpreter services for any form of sign language or other forms of non-verbal communication should be coded as Yes, interpreter service required. |
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Collection methods: | Recommended question: Do you [does the person] require an interpreter? Yes No |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Person—interpreter service required, yes/no code N Community Services (retired), Standard 10/04/2006 Disability, Superseded 29/02/2016 Health!, Standard 08/02/2006 Tasmanian Health, Standard 27/04/2021 Has been superseded by Person—interpreter service required indicator, yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N Disability, Standard 28/09/2016 See also Person—type of interpreter service required, code N Community Services (retired), Standard 27/04/2007 Disability, Superseded 29/02/2016 See also Person—type of interpreter service required, spoken language/non-spoken communication code N Disability, Standard 29/02/2016 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Disability Services NMDS 2015–16 Disability, Superseded 28/09/2016 Implementation start date: 01/07/2015 Implementation end date: 30/06/2016 DSS specific information: In the Disability Services Minimum Data Set (DS NMDS), this data element is used in conjunction with 'Person—type of interpreter service required, code N'. In the DS NMDS, the need for interpreter services, along with the type of the service required by the service user, is collected in one question using the following codes: 1 Yes—for spoken language other than English 2 Yes—for non-spoken communication 3 No 9 Not stated If a person communicates with the assistance of a signer (i.e. not necessarily arranged by your agency) they should be recorded as 2 'Yes – for non-spoken communication’. The data element 'Person—communication method, code N', provides the opportunity to indicate the use of sign language and the level of effective communication of the service user. |