CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE (CANCER REFERRAL)

CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE (CANCER REFERRAL) is the MAIN SPECIALTY CODE of the CONSULTANT referring the cancer PATIENT to the Principal Treatment Centre (Children Teenagers and Young Adults) or age specific Specialist.

Format / Length

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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

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Data Element CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE (CANCER REFERRAL) references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE (CANCER REFERRAL)
Data Set Cancer Outcomes and Services Data Set - Children Teenagers and Young Adults references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE (CANCER REFERRAL)
XML Schema Constraint Cancer Outcomes and Services Data Set XML Schema Constraints references in description CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE (CANCER REFERRAL)