Data Dictionary Change Notices
For information on Data Dictionary Change Notices, please see the Data Dictionary Change Notice Guidance.
Data Dictionary Change Notices incorporated into the NHS Data Model and Dictionary:
2023
- CR1900 (Immediate) - DDCN 1900 Update to "Urgent and Emergency Care Extended Care Episode"
- CR1904 (Immediate) - DDCN 1904 Continued Usage of Treatment Function Codes 344, 345 and 346 For Specialist Rehabilitation Services
- CR1899 (Immediate) - DDCN 1899 Professional Registration Entry Identifier
- CR1871 (Immediate) - DDCN 1871 NHS Service Agreement renamed to NHS Service Contract
- CR1897 (Immediate) - DDCN 1897 Care Homes
- CR1893 (1 April 2023) - DDCN 1893 Update to Discharge Ready Date NHS Business Definition
- CR1884 (1 April 2023) - DDCN 1884 Health Education England merger with NHS England
- CR1879 (1 March 2023) - DDCN 1879 Retirement of CDS V6-2-2 Type 011 - Emergency Care Commissioning Data Set
- CR1878 (1 February 2023) - DDCN 1878 NHS Digital merger with NHS England
2022
- CR1861 (1 April 2022) - DDCN 1861 Retirement of Commissioning Data Set V6-2-1 Type 011 - Emergency Care Commissioning Data Set
- CR1857 (Immediate) - DDCN 1857 NHSX merger with NHS England and NHS Improvement
- CR1851 (Immediate) - DDCN 1851 GUMCAD Code Description Amendment
2021
- CR1850 (Immediate) - DDCN 1850 Public Health England (PHE) and UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
- CR1848 (Immediate) - DDCN 1848 National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service (NCRAS) Update
- CR1843 (Immediate) - DDCN 1843 Care Quality Commission Update
- CR1833 (Immediate) - DDCN 1833 Supporting Definition for Impairment Harmonised Standard
- CR1828 (Immediate) - DDCN 1828 NHS England and NHS Improvement
- CR1822 (Immediate) - DDCN 1822 Introduction of Digital Health and Care Wales
- CR1805 (Immediate) - DDCN 1805 Introduction of the Data Alliance Partnership Board
- CR1815 (1 April 2021) - DDCN 1815 Commissioning Data Set XML Schema Version 6-2-0
- CR1808 (Immediate) - DDCN 1808 Correction of Format/Length Data Elements
2020
- CR1798 (Immediate) - DDCN 1798 Commissioning Data Set change to weekly submission
- CR1803 (Immediate) - DDCN 1803 Emergency Care Department Update
- CR1790 (1 April 2021) - DDCN 1790 NHS Continuing Healthcare Patient Level Data Set
- CR1779 (Immediate) - DDCN 1779 Retirement of Information Sharing to Tackle Violence Minimum Data Set
- CR1773 (Immediate) - DDCN 1773 Retirement of PDS Birth Notification Data Sets
- CR1770 (23 April 2020) - DDCN 1770 Job Role Code
- CR1757 (1 April 2020) - DDCN 1757 Organisation Data Service Information Update
- CR1752 (Immediate) - DDCN 1752 Practitioners with a Special Interest Name Change
2019
- CR1756 (Immediate) - DDCN 1756 Social Work England
- CR1703 (Immediate) - DDCN 1703 Update to GP Default Code V81998 Definition
- CR1741 (Immediate) - DDCN 1741 Critical Care Minimum Data Set
- CR1668 (Immediate) - DDCN 1668 Retirement of National Renal Data Set
- CR1734 (Immediate) - DDCN 1734 Consultation Medium Used Update
- CR1731 (Immediate) - DDCN 1731 Retirement of Quarterly Bed Availability and Occupancy Data Set (KH03)
- CR1735 (Immediate) - DDCN 1735 Retirement of Mixed Sex Accommodation Data Set
- CR1641 (Immediate) - DDCN 1641 Retirement of Emergency Care Weekly Situation Report Data Set
- CR1722 (Immediate) - DDCN 1722 GUMCAD Sexually Transmitted Infection Surveillance System Data Set
- CR1696 (Immediate) - DDCN 1696 SNOMED CT Subsets
- CR1730 (Immediate) - DDCN 1730 Retirement of Diagnostics Waiting Times and Activity Data Set
- CR1729 (Immediate) - DDCN 1729 Retirement of Diagnostics Waiting Times Census Data Set
- CR1728 (Immediate) - DDCN 1728 Retirement of Referral To Treatment Data Set
- CR1727 (Immediate) - DDCN 1727 Retirement of National Direct Access Audiology Data Set
- CR1725 (Immediate) - DDCN 1725 Retirement of Quarterly Monitoring Cancelled Operations Data Set (QMCO)
- CR1708 (Immediate) - DDCN 1708 Retirement of KC50: Immunisation Programmes Activity Data Set (KC50)
- CR1700 (Immediate) - DDCN 1700 Retirement of KC65: Colposcopy Clinics: Referrals, Treatments and Outcomes
- CR1699 (Immediate) - DDCN 1699 Retirement of KC53: Adult Screening Programmes - Cervical Screening
- CR1698 (Immediate) - DDCN 1698 Retirement of Edifact Items
- CR1568 (Immediate) - DDCN 1568 Retirement of KC61: Pathology Laboratories: Cervical Screening and Outcome of Referrals
- CR1536 (Immediate) - DDCN 1536 Retirement of KH12: Imaging and Radiological Examinations or Tests in any Part of a Hospital
- CR1499 (Immediate) - DDCN 1499 Retirement of NHS Health Checks Data Set
- CR1695 (Immediate) - DDCN 1695 Emergency Care Department Type - Urgent Treatment Centres
2018
- CR1666 (Immediate) - DDCN 1666 Stop Smoking Services Quarterly Data Set
- CR1693 (1 October 2018) - DDCN 1693 Version No 2.0 GUMCAD Sexually Transmitted Infection Surveillance System Data Set
- CR1645 (Immediate) - DDCN 1645 Specialised Commissioning: Removal of Default Code YDD82
- CR1656 (Immediate) - DDCN 1656 NHS Data Model Update
- CR1665 (Immediate) - DDCN 1665 Person Marital Status
- CR1658 (Immediate) - DDCN 1658 Young Offender Institution
- CR1636 (Immediate) - DDCN 1636 Department of Health: Change of name
- CR1642 (Immediate) - DDCN 1642 Youth Offenders Institute: Change of name
- CR1635 (Immediate) - DDCN 1635 Edubase: Change of name
2017
- CR1633 (Immediate) - DDCN 1633 Introduction of Strategic Data Collection Service (SDCS) and Data Services Platform (DSP)
- CR1628 (Immediate) - DDCN 1628 Employment Status
- CR1604 (Immediate) - DDCN 1604 Introduction of the Data Coordination Board
- CR1607 (Immediate) - DDCN 1607 Renaming of NHS Commissioning Board Commissioning Region and NHS England Region (Geography)
- CR1605 (Immediate) - DDCN 1605 NHS Number Status Indicator Code
- CR1594 (Immediate) - DDCN 1594 Technology Reference Data Update Distribution (TRUD)
2016
- CR1531 (Immediate) - DDCN 1531 Clinical Terminology Update
- CR1578 (Immediate) - DDCN 1578 Religious or Other Belief System Affiliation Groups SNOMED CT Subset
- CR1569 (Immediate) - DDCN 1569 NHS Improvement
- CR1583 (Immediate) - DDCN 1583 Introduction of NHS Digital
- CR1575 (Immediate) - DDCN 1575 Introduction of the National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service (NCRAS)
- CR1570 (Immediate) - DDCN 1570 Update to COVER Central Return Data Set
- CR1559 (Immediate) - DDCN 1559 Lower Layer Super Output Area (Residence) and ONS Local Government Geography Code (Local Authority District)
2015
- CR1560 (Immediate) - DDCN 1560 Retirement of Data Management and Integration Centre
- CR1558 (Immediate) - DDCN 1558 Children and Young People's Health Services Data Set and Community Information Data Set Inconsistencies
- CR1534 (Immediate) - DDCN 1534 Retirement of Hospital Episode Statistics Cross Reference Tables
- CR1522 (Immediate) - DDCN 1522 Update General Dental Council Registration Number
- CR1529 (Immediate) - DDCN 1529 Change to the Mechanism for XML Schema Publication and Download
- CR1543 (Immediate) - DDCN 1543 Treatment Function Code: 840 Audiology
- CR1524 (Immediate) - DDCN 1524 Updating of Activity Location Type and Source of Admission Attributes
- CR1505 (Immediate) - DDCN 1505 Death Cause Information
- CR1525 (Immediate) - DDCN 1525 Burden Advice and Assessment Service (BAAS)
- CR1507 (Immediate) - DDCN 1507 To add SUS CDS business rule H4 text
- CR1513 (27 April 2015) - DDCN 1513 Introduction of NHS England Region (Geography)
- CR1496 (Immediate) - DDCN 1496 Clinical Coding
2014
- CR1484 (Immediate) - DDCN 1484 Female Genital Mutilation SNOMED CT Subsets
- CR1482 (Immediate) - DDCN 1482 Source of Referral for Mental Health
- CR1480 (Immediate) - DDCN 1480 Mental Health Care Cluster 9
- CR1477 (Immediate) - DDCN 1477 Payment by Results
- CR1465 (Immediate) - DDCN 1465/2014 Primary Care Trusts and NHS Trusts
- CR1461 (Immediate) - DDCN 1461/2014 New Standardisation Committee for Care Information (SCCI) Process
- CR1433 (Immediate) - DDCN 1433/2014 Data Services for Commissioners
- CR1467 (1 April 2014) - DDCN 1467/2014 Retirement of Standards
- CR1464 (1 April 2014) - DDCN 1464/2014 Retirement of Standards - Domains and Diagrams
- CR1458 (1 April 2014) - DDCN 1458/2014 Retirement of Standards - DSCNs - 11/97/P05, 12/97/P06, 15/97/P09, 18/97/P12, 22/96/P19, 32/96/P27, 49/97/P35, 62/95/P51, 07/2007, 08/2009, 17/92, 20/2001, 22/2006 and 38/2002
- CR1444 (1 April 2014) - DDCN 1444/2014 Retirement of Standards
- CR1436 (1 April 2014) - DDCN 1436/2014 Retirement of Standards
- CR1435 (1 April 2014) - DDCN 1435/2014 Retirement of Standards - DSCNs 22/95/P21, 20/91, 21/93, 40/95/P34, 09/94/P04, 93/95/P76, 23/94/A04, 8/92 and 17/93
- CR1432 (1 April 2014) - DDCN 1432/2014 Retirement of Standards - DSCN 3/92, DSCN 12/96/P11, DSCN 50/94/P36, DSCN 66/96/W09 and DSCN 16/93
- CR1429 (1 April 2014) - DDCN 1429/2014 Retirement of Standards - DSCN 07/96/P06
- CR1425 (1 April 2014) - DDCN 1425/2014 Retirement of Standards
- CR1423 (1 April 2014) - DDCN 1423/2014 Retirement of Standards - DSCNs 37/98/A09, 14/97/P08, 12/2002, 37/2003, 14/2004 and 27/2001
- CR1419 (1 April 2014) - DDCN 1419/2014 Retirement of Standards - DSCNs 39/98/A11, 09/99/P06, 11/99/P07, 13/2003, 38/2001, 22/2001, 19/98/A02, 40/96/P34, 29/94/P19, 49/94/P35, 34/95/P29, 53/96/P44 and 96/95/P79
- CR1418 (1 April 2014) - DDCN 1418/2014 Retirement of Standards
- CR1417 (1 April 2014) - DDCN 1417/2014 Retirement of Standards - DSCNs 13/95/P12, 44/2001, 29/2004, 18/98/W02 and 24/98/F01
- CR1416 (1 April 2014) - DDCN 1416/2014 Retirement of Standards - KC64 - DSCNs 05/98/P05 and 26/95/W02
- CR1414 (1 April 2014) - DDCN 1414/2014 Retirement of Standards - DSCNs 03/99/P03, 10/2002, 12/99/A04, 20/98/A03, 30/98/P21, 35/99/P25, 37/97/P24 and 43/97/P29
- CR1413 (1 April 2014) - DDCN 1413/2014 Retirement of Standards - DSCNs 13/97/P07, 15/96/P14, 17/2001, 20/2004, 21/2001, 21/2003, 28/98/P20, 33/2003 and 43/2002
- CR1409 (1 April 2014) - DDCN 1409/2014 Retirement of Standards - DSCN's 46/97/P32, 01/2004, 04/2004, 11/2005, 27/2002, 31/2002, 53/2002 and 54/2002
- CR1460 (Immediate) - DDCN 1460/2014 NHS Dental Services Update
- CR1459 (Immediate) - DDCN 1459/2014 General Medical Practitioner (Specified), Doctor Index Number and General Medical Practitioner PPD Code Update
- CR1446 (Immediate) - DDCN 1446/2014 Health and Social Care Information Centre Update
- CR1441 (Immediate) - DDCN 1441/2014 Retirement of Review of Central Returns (ROCR) - Central Return Form KH03A
- CR1440 (Immediate) - DDCN 1440/2014 Retirement of Review of Central Returns (ROCR) - Genitourinary Medicine Access Monthly Monitoring Data Set
- CR1439 (Immediate) - DDCN 1439/2014 Retirement of Review of Central Returns (ROCR) Returns
- CR1404 (Immediate) - DDCN 1404/2014 Retirement of e-Gif definitions
- CR1393 (Immediate) - DDCN 1393/2014 Amendment to Inter-Provider Transfer Administrative Minimum Data Set Overview
- CR1392 (Immediate) - DDCN 1392/2014 Review of Central Returns (ROCR) Discontinuations - Referral to Treatment Performance Sharing Data Set
- CR1391 (Immediate) - DDCN 1391/2014 Review of Central Returns (ROCR) Discontinuations - Referral to Treatment (RTT) Summary Patient Tracking List Data Set
- CR1443 (Immediate) - DDCN 1443/2014 Change of name of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
2013
- CR1405 (Immediate) - DDCN 1405/2013 Overseas Visitors
- CR1424 (Immediate) - DDCN 1424/2013 Application Identifier (GS1)
- CR1415 (Immediate) - DDCN 1415/2013 Area Teams
- CR1411 (Immediate) - DDCN 1411/2013 Update to Supporting Information: SNOMED CT
- CR1407 (Immediate) - DDCN 1407/2013 Clinical Investigations
- CR1403 (Immediate) - DDCN 1403/2013 Religious or Other Belief System Affiliation
- CR1384 (Immediate) - DDCN 1384/2013 Health and Social Care Information Centre Rebranding of XML Schemas
- CR1397 (Immediate) - DDCN 1397/2013 Retired Main Specialty Codes
- CR1382 (Immediate) - DDCN 1382/2013 National Renal Data Set amendment
- CR1381 (Immediate) - DDCN 1381/2013 Healthcare Resource Groups
- CR1372 (Immediate) - DDCN 1372/2013 Organisations Update: April 2013
- CR1369 (Immediate) - DDCN 1369/2013 Organisation Codes and Organisation Types
- CR1364 (Immediate) - DDCN 1364/2013 Operating Theatre
- CR1336 (Immediate) - DDCN 1336/2013 XML Schema Constraint Pages
- CR1362 (Immediate) - DDCN 1362/2013 Update to Organisations in the NHS Data Model and Dictionary
- CR1246 (Immediate) - DDCN 1246/2013 Guidance for Merging Organisations
- CR1345 (Immediate) - DDCN 1345/2013 e-Government Interoperability Framework (e-GIF) and Government Data Standards Catalogue
- CR1354 (Immediate) - DDCN 1354/2013 Treatment Function Code - Well Babies
2012
- CR1342 (Immediate) - DDCN 1342/2012 Overseas Visitors Update
- CR1341 (Immediate) - DDCN 1341/2012 Discharge Default Code Descriptions
- CR1343 (Immediate) - DDCN 1343/2012 Change of name for NHS England (NHS Commissioning Board Authority)
- CR1334 (Immediate) - DDCN 1334/2012 Psychology Definitions
- CR1331 (Immediate) - DDCN 1331/2012 Activity Date Time Type
- CR1329 (Immediate) - DDCN 1329/2012 Change of name for "Health and Social Care Information Centre"
- CR1326 (Immediate) - DDCN 1326/2012 Health and Care Professions Council
- CR1241 (Immediate) - DDCN 1241/2012 NHS Dictionary of Medicines and Devices
- CR1292 (Immediate) - DDCN 1292/2012 Retirement of the Acute Myocardial Infarction Data Set
- CR1314 (Immediate) - DDCN 1314/2012 Reasonable Offer Update
- CR1242 (Immediate) - DDCN 1242/2012 Retirement of Mental Health Minimum Data Set Version 3
- CR1290 (Immediate) - DDCN 1290/2012 Data Set Notation
- CR1285 (Immediate) - DDCN 1285/2012 Elective Admission Type
2011
- CR1252 (Immediate) - DDCN 1252/2011 Geographic Area Changes
- CR1274 (Immediate) - DDCN 1274/2011 CDS Prime Recipient Identity Update
- CR1271 (Immediate) - DDCN 1271/2011 Commissioning Data Set Addressing Grid Update
- CR1268 (Immediate) - DDCN 1268/2011 Sexual Orientation Code
- CR1249 (Immediate) - DDCN 1249/2011 General Pharmaceutical Council Registration Changes
- CR1256 (Immediate) - DDCN 1256/2011 School Definitions
- CR1251 (Immediate) - DDCN 1251/2011 Change to the Format/Length of Weekly Hours Worked
- CR1243 (Immediate) - DDCN 1243/2011 National Interim Clinical Imaging Procedure (NICIP) Code Set
- CR1234 (Immediate) - DDCN 1234/2011 Technology Reference Data Update Distribution Service (TRUD)
- CR1223 (Immediate) - DDCN 1223/2011 Updates to Family Planning References
- CR1225 (Immediate) - DDCN 1225/2011 Practitioners with Special Interests
2010
- CR1121 (Immediate) - DDCN 1121/2010 Commissioning Data Set Addressing Grid / Organisation Code (Code of Commissioner) Update
- CR1119 (Immediate) - DDCN 1119/2010 Organisation Codes Update
- CR1192 (Immediate) - DDCN 1192/2010 Change of name for "Health Solution Wales"
- CR1199 (Immediate) - DDCN 1199/2010 General Pharmaceutical Council and Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain Update
- CR1187 (Immediate) - DDCN 1189/2010 National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
- CR1189 (Immediate) - DDCN 1187/2010 Introduction of the Department for Education
- CR1128 (Immediate) - DDCN 1128/2010 Changes to reporting procedures for Overseas Visitors from the European Economic Area and Switzerland
- CR1173 (Immediate) - DDCN 1173/2010 Care Quality Commission Update
- CR1143 (Immediate) - DDCN 1143/2010 General Pharmaceutical Council