FIRST ATTENDANCE CODE

FIRST ATTENDANCE CODE is used by the Secondary Uses Service to derive the Healthcare Resource Group 4.

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FIRST ATTENDANCE 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.

For specific National Code usage, see FIRST ATTENDANCE.

Code	Description
1	First attendance face to face
2	Follow-up attendance face to face
3	First telephone or Telemedicine consultation
4	Follow-up telephone or Telemedicine consultation
5	Referral To Treatment Clock Stop Administrative Event

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
Plural	FIRST ATTENDANCE CODES

Type	Link	How used
Data Set	CDS V6-2 Type 020 - Outpatient CDS	references in description FIRST ATTENDANCE CODE
Data Set	CDS V6-2 Type 021 - Future Outpatient CDS	references in description FIRST ATTENDANCE CODE
Data Set	CDS V6-3 Type 020 - Outpatient CDS	references in description FIRST ATTENDANCE CODE
Data Element	FIRST ATTENDANCE CODE	references in description FIRST ATTENDANCE CODE
Supporting Information	Referral to Treatment Clock Stop Administrative Event	references in description FIRST ATTENDANCE CODE
NHS Business Definition	Ward Attendance	references in description FIRST ATTENDANCE CODE