CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE
CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE is the specialty in which the CONSULTANT is contracted or recognised.
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Description
CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE is the same as attribute MAIN SPECIALTY CODE.
CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE is the specialty in which the CONSULTANT is contracted or recognised. MAIN SPECIALTY classifies clinical work divisions more precisely for a limited number of specialties.
All Non-Consultant Led Activity is identified by a pseudo CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE of:
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560 - Non-Consultant Led Activity - Midwife
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950 - Non-Consultant Led Activity - Nursing
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960 - Non-Consultant Led Activity - Allied Health Professional.
The default codes 199 and 499 are only applicable for overseas providers.
CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE is used by the Secondary Uses Service to derive the Healthcare Resource Group 4. Failure to correctly populate this data element is likely to result in an incorrect Healthcare Resource Group, usually associated with lower levels of healthcare resource.
For further information, please refer to the NHS England website at: Payment by Results Guidance.
Further information on the groupings and each MAIN SPECIALTY CODE is provided at: Main Specialty and Treatment Function Codes Table.
National Codes
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
|
100 |
General Surgery |
|
101 |
Urology |
|
107 |
Vascular Surgery |
|
110 |
Trauma and Orthopaedics |
|
120 |
Ear Nose and Throat |
|
130 |
Ophthalmology |
|
140 |
Oral Surgery |
|
141 |
Restorative Dentistry |
|
142 |
Paediatric Dentistry |
|
143 |
Orthodontics |
|
145 |
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery |
|
146 |
Endodontics |
|
147 |
Periodontics |
|
148 |
Prosthodontics |
|
149 |
Surgical Dentistry |
|
150 |
Neurosurgery |
|
160 |
Plastic Surgery |
|
170 |
Cardiothoracic Surgery |
|
171 |
Paediatric Surgery |
|
191 |
Pain Management (Retired 1 April 2004) |
|
180 |
Emergency Medicine |
|
190 |
Anaesthetics |
|
192 |
Intensive Care Medicine |
|
200 |
Aviation and Space Medicine |
|
300 |
General Internal Medicine |
|
301 |
Gastroenterology |
|
302 |
Endocrinology and Diabetes |
|
303 |
Clinical Haematology |
|
304 |
Clinical Physiology |
|
305 |
Clinical Pharmacology |
|
310 |
Audio Vestibular Medicine |
|
311 |
Clinical Genetics |
|
312 |
CLINICAL CYTOGENETICS and MOLECULAR GENETICS (Retired 1 April 2010) National Code 312 is retained for CONSULTANTS qualified in this Main Specialty prior to 1 April 2010 |
|
313 |
Clinical Immunology |
|
314 |
Rehabilitation Medicine |
|
315 |
Palliative Medicine |
|
317 |
Allergy |
|
320 |
Cardiology |
|
321 |
Paediatric Cardiology |
|
325 |
Sport and Exercise Medicine |
|
326 |
Acute Internal Medicine |
|
330 |
Dermatology |
|
340 |
Respiratory Medicine |
|
350 |
Infectious Diseases |
|
352 |
Tropical Medicine |
|
360 |
Genitourinary Medicine |
|
361 |
Renal Medicine |
|
370 |
Medical Oncology |
|
371 |
Nuclear Medicine |
|
400 |
Neurology |
|
401 |
Clinical Neurophysiology |
|
410 |
Rheumatology |
|
420 |
Paediatrics |
|
421 |
Paediatric Neurology |
|
430 |
Geriatric Medicine |
|
450 |
Dental Medicine |
|
451 |
Special Care Dentistry |
|
460 |
Medical Ophthalmology |
|
500 |
Obstetrics and Gynaecology National Code 500 is not acceptable for Central Returns including Hospital Episode Statistics |
|
501 |
Obstetrics |
|
502 |
Gynaecology |
|
504 |
Community Sexual and Reproductive Health |
|
510 |
Antenatal Clinic (Retired 1 April 2004) |
|
520 |
Postnatal Clinic (Retired 1 April 2004) |
|
560 |
Midwifery |
|
600 |
General Medical Practice |
|
601 |
General Dental Practice |
|
610 |
Maternity Function (Retired 1 April 2004) |
|
620 |
Other than Maternity (Retired 1 April 2004) |
|
700 |
Learning Disability |
|
710 |
Adult Mental Illness |
|
711 |
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry |
|
712 |
Forensic Psychiatry |
|
713 |
Medical Psychotherapy |
|
715 |
Old Age Psychiatry |
|
800 |
Clinical Oncology |
|
810 |
Radiology |
|
820 |
General Pathology |
|
821 |
Blood Transfusion |
|
822 |
Chemical Pathology |
|
823 |
Haematology |
|
824 |
Histopathology |
|
830 |
Immunopathology |
|
831 |
Medical Microbiology and Virology |
|
832 |
Neuropathology (Retired 1 April 2004) |
|
833 |
Medical Microbiology |
|
834 |
Medical Virology |
|
900 |
Community Medicine |
|
901 |
Occupational Medicine |
|
902 |
Community Health Services Dental |
|
903 |
Public Health Medicine |
|
904 |
Public Health Dental |
|
950 |
Nursing |
|
960 |
Allied Health Professional |
|
990 |
Joint Consultant Clinics (Retired 1 April 2004) |
Default Codes
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
|
199 |
Non-UK provider; specialty function not known, treatment mainly surgical |
|
499 |
Non-UK provider; specialty function not known, treatment mainly medical |
Also Known As
This data element is also known by these names:
| Context | Alias |
|---|---|
| Plural | CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODES |
Where Used
| Type | Link | How used |
|---|---|---|
| Data Element | CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE | references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE |
| Data Set | CDS V6-2 Type 020 - Outpatient CDS | references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE |
| Data Set | CDS V6-2 Type 021 - Future Outpatient CDS | references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE |
| Data Set | CDS V6-2 Type 030 - Elective Admission List - End of Period Census (Standard) CDS | references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE |
| Data Set | CDS V6-2 Type 050 - Elective Admission List - End of Period Census (New) CDS | references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE |
| Data Set | CDS V6-2 Type 060 - Elective Admission List - Event During Period (Add) CDS | references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE |
| Data Set | CDS V6-2 Type 110 - Elective Admission List - Event During Period (New Service Agreement) CDS | references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE |
| Data Set | CDS V6-2 Type 120 - Admitted Patient Care - Finished Birth Episode CDS | references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE |
| Data Set | CDS V6-2 Type 130 - Admitted Patient Care - Finished General Episode CDS | references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE |
| Data Set | CDS V6-2 Type 140 - Admitted Patient Care - Finished Delivery Episode CDS | references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE |
| Data Set | CDS V6-2 Type 170 - Admitted Patient Care - Detained and or Long Term Psychiatric Census CDS | references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE |
| Data Set | CDS V6-2 Type 180 - Admitted Patient Care - Unfinished Birth Episode CDS | references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE |
| Data Set | CDS V6-2 Type 190 - Admitted Patient Care - Unfinished General Episode CDS | references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE |
| Data Set | CDS V6-2 Type 200 - Admitted Patient Care - Unfinished Delivery Episode CDS | references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE |
| Data Set | CDS V6-3 Type 020 - Outpatient CDS | references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE |
| Data Set | CDS V6-3 Type 120 - Admitted Patient Care - Finished Birth Episode CDS | references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE |
| Data Set | CDS V6-3 Type 130 - Admitted Patient Care - Finished General Episode CDS | references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE |
| Data Set | CDS V6-3 Type 140 - Admitted Patient Care - Finished Delivery Episode CDS | references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE |
| Data Set | CDS V6-3 Type 180 - Admitted Patient Care - Unfinished Birth Episode CDS | references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE |
| Data Set | CDS V6-3 Type 190 - Admitted Patient Care - Unfinished General Episode CDS | references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE |
| Data Set | CDS V6-3 Type 200 - Admitted Patient Care - Unfinished Delivery Episode CDS | references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE |
| Data Element | CONSULTANT CODE | references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE |
| Supporting Information | Commissioning Data Set Business Rules | references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE |
| XML Schema Constraint | Commissioning Data Set Version 6-2 XML Schema Constraints | references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE |
| XML Schema Constraint | Commissioning Data Set Version 6-3 XML Schema Constraints | references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE |
