WARD INTENDED CLINICAL CARE INTENSITY

The level of resources and intensity of care which is intended to be provided in a  WARD.

National Codes

Code Description
51

Mental Illness intensive care: specially designated ward for PATIENTS needing containment and more intensive management (e.g. Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)). This is not to be confused with intensive nursing where PATIENTS may require one to one nursing while on a standard WARD  

52

Mental Illness short stay: PATIENTS intended to stay less than a year

53

Mental Illness long stay: PATIENTS intended to stay a year or more

61 Learning Disability PATIENTS

 in a designated or interim secure unit
62 Learning Disability PATIENTS

intending to stay less than a year
63 Learning Disability

  PATIENTS  intending to stay a year or more

41

Only for maternity PATIENTS looked after by CONSULTANTS  

43

Only for maternity PATIENTS looked after by GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS  

42

Joint use for maternity PATIENTS looked after by CONSULTANTS and  GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS  

33 Neonates

: maternity: associated with the maternity WARD in that cots are in the maternity WARD nursery or in the WARD itself

32 Neonates

: non-maternity: not associated with the maternity WARD and without designated cots for intensive care

31 Neonates

: not associated with the maternity WARD and in which there are some designated cots for intensive care

21

Younger physically disabled PATIENTS: spinal units, only those units which are nationally recognised

22

Younger physically disabled PATIENTS: other units

81

Terminally ill/ Palliative Care   PATIENTS

11

General PATIENTS: for intensive therapy, including high dependency care

12

General PATIENTS: for normal therapy: where resources permit the admission of PATIENTS who might need all but intensive or high dependency therapy

13

General PATIENTS: for limited therapy: where nursing care rather than continuous medical care is provided. Such WARDS can be used only for PATIENTS carefully selected and restricted to a narrow range in terms of the extent and nature of disease

Also Known As

This attribute is also known by these names:

Context Alias
Plural WARD INTENDED CLINICAL CARE INTENSITIES