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.
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Description
CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE (CANCER REFERRAL) is the same as attribute MAIN SPECIALTY CODE.
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.
Further information on the groupings and each MAIN SPECIALTY CODE is provided at: Main Specialty and Treatment Function Codes Table.
National Codes
Code | Description |
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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 |
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Plural | CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODES (CANCER REFERRAL) |
Where Used
Type | Link | How used |
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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) |